Comments on: iPad? I’m loving it! http://www.vanille-media.de/site/index.php/2010/02/01/ipad-im-loving-it/ Software Engineer - Author - Open Source Enthusiast Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:15:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Christopher Friedt http://www.vanille-media.de/site/index.php/2010/02/01/ipad-im-loving-it/#comment-123567 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:45:40 +0000 http://www.vanille-media.de/site/index.php/2010/02/01/ipad-im-loving-it/#comment-123567 I agree - it is a cool device. I especially like how they immediately paired it with 2 accessories, the keyboard, mouse, and a dock / stand, so that its functional as a tablet and a (kind-of) terminal (lacking multi-tasking, from what I hear). What I don't find very cool about it is that its so closed... maybe I'm wrong. I find it lame that apple can't de-couple the hardware vendor / software vendor relationship. Personally, I would really like to own an iPad, but I would much rather run my own, customized kernel & software on it. What's even worse, is that apple has patents on a lot of the hardware/interface (e.g. multitouch), which means that if I want a similar hardware/interface, then I have no (or at most little) choice about who I buy that product from. That's just my 2-cents. In any event, good luck with LaTe development. I agree - it is a cool device. I especially like how they immediately paired it with 2 accessories, the keyboard, mouse, and a dock / stand, so that its functional as a tablet and a (kind-of) terminal (lacking multi-tasking, from what I hear).

What I don’t find very cool about it is that its so closed… maybe I’m wrong. I find it lame that apple can’t de-couple the hardware vendor / software vendor relationship. Personally, I would really like to own an iPad, but I would much rather run my own, customized kernel & software on it. What’s even worse, is that apple has patents on a lot of the hardware/interface (e.g. multitouch), which means that if I want a similar hardware/interface, then I have no (or at most little) choice about who I buy that product from.

That’s just my 2-cents.

In any event, good luck with LaTe development.

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