In this post over at Robert Scoble’s blog, he gives the iPad an 8.7 out of 10. Pointing out the iPad’s lack of camera, Flash support, and a full desktop OS (I disagree him on this last point) as faults, he is otherwise impressed by Apple’s offering. Comparing it to every Tablet PC Microsoft & the PC industry have created, Scoble says that the iPad delivers a consistent and deep touch experience. Concluding that Microsoft is a “solid loser in today’s announcements”, Scoble offers up Google as the only viable competitor to Apple’s new iPad.
Mike is a former sysadmin and embedded developer, who worked on several prototype tablet devices way back in the dot-com era. He's also a non-practicing physicist and a big fan of anything resembling a tablet computer (or a telescope).