Media Meditation #3 - The Inessential iPad

As I have said earlier in my blog, I do not consider myself a very technology savvy individual. A possible reason for this is that at this point in my life I do not find it to be a completely necessary thing. Yes I do believe technology has become a revolution that has changed our world forever, and it will continue to help us in all of our lives. But there are just some technological innovations which I find to be completely unnecessary.

(courtesy of TFTS)

For example, the iPad. Don't get me wrong, I find iPods and smartphones to be a great addition to my life and the lives of others, however the iPad is just an over sized iTouch. Nowadays everyone has a cell phone, most even have smartphones, and nearly everyone has a computer. So what is the iPad for? What can it do that our phones and computers can't? Yes it is bigger and holds more memory ( in some cases) than a smartphone or iTouch does, but that's what our computers are for. Perhaps when Apple was designing this technology they were hoping to replace computers with the iPad, after all people appreciate the convenience of smaller devices. However, this reasoning is faulty. Have you ever texted on an iPhone? Now can you imagine doing that when writing a four page paper for your core classes? Talk about a pain in the neck! I would never want to do that. You can barely hold the device and type at the same time! Here's a testimonial of a consumer, Bill Savage:

After seeing all this data related to the iPad, I am just not impressed either. I do believe it is a very useful device, however I just find it to be completely unnecessary. Sorry Apple . . .