What will the iPad do for musicians?

[generalstargazer]

So no conclusions yet regarding the unfortunately named iPad?

how can there be any real conclusions when the thing isn't even out yet

[apolo]

Judge by yourself...! the one finger player generation has arrived...!

[spaceman]

So no conclusions yet regarding the unfortunately named iPad?

how can there be any real conclusions when the thing isn't even out yet

It doesn't seem to stop people forming opinions, good or bad.

[whyterabbyt]

So no conclusions yet regarding the unfortunately named iPad?

how can there be any real conclusions when the thing isn't even out yet

it might shock you to know, but some humans have the ability to extrapolate from previous experience.

[spaceman]

So no conclusions yet regarding the unfortunately named iPad?

how can there be any real conclusions when the thing isn't even out yet

it might shock you to know, but some humans have the ability to extrapolate from previous experience.

In that case the iPad is going to be swell

I'm still not going to buy one though

[topaz]

So no conclusions yet regarding the unfortunately named iPad?

notepad helipad drumpad touchpad keypad kaosspad mousepad

ipad.

[whyterabbyt]

In that case the iPad is going to be swell

unfortunately, when the swelling goes down, it'll be an iPod again.

[spaceman]

In that case the iPad is going to be swell

unfortunately, when the swelling goes down, it'll be an iPod again.

[headquest]

[TristezaOrange]

lollerskaterz

[brambos]

In that case the iPad is going to be swell

unfortunately, when the swelling goes down, it'll be an iPod again.

Umm.. no...

10" > 3"

The increased size of the screen alone will open up so much more possibilities in terms of user experience. And then there's all the new UI widgets and mechanisms introduced for the iPad that are not available on the iPod.

There's a huge potential in the iPad for being another gamechanger if you care to look past the raw spec-list and think about the device creatively (like thousands of developers will inevitably).

A lot of spec-obsessed tech-kiddies slamming the iPad on blogs will have to eat their words in a couple of months when the full potential of the device will become clear even to them.

[jones-y]

...look past the raw spec-list ...

This is kvr...

"spec-obsessed tech-kiddies"

WHOA 187 MOD ROUTINGS!!!! 863 OSCILLATOR WAVEFORMS!!! I can make teh techno now...

But how many can you run on your core2 quintuplets???

[eduardo_b]

In that case the iPad is going to be swell

unfortunately, when the swelling goes down, it'll be an iPod again.

[TristezaOrange]

There's a huge potential in the iPad for being another gamechanger

Yeah, but that applies to almost any device/gadget, right? I could say that all the tablets coming this year have potential for being game-changers but in the end it all boils down to developer support. If Apple manages to get a lot of people to develop killer apps, then yeah, despite all its shortcomings, the iPad could be huge ( )

[eduardo_b]

There's a huge potential in the iPad for being another gamechanger if you care to look past the raw spec-list and think about the device creatively (like thousands of developers will inevitably).

A lot of spec-obsessed tech-kiddies slamming the iPad on blogs will have to eat their words in a couple of months when the full potential of the device will become clear even to them.

I'm not so sure of this. It's nothing like an iPod or iTouch in size. It sits between a netbook and a smartphone, but is neither one. It will have some applications, but that doesn't make it a gamechanger. It's not exactly convenient to carry unless you have something to carry it in. The jury is way out on this one, particularly at the prices announced for it.