iPad – Why no camera Mr. Jobs?

I’ve been thinking about this, Why didn’t Apple include a camera on the iPad?  It seems every electronic device has a camera these days; PC’s, laptops, smart phones, not-so-smart phones, iPods, etc..  So why not the iPad? 

I think I understand the challenge of putting a camera on device of the iPad’s intended use.  It’s primarily meant to be held like you would a magazine or newspaper in your lap.  So if you wanted to do a video conference holding the iPad in the same position what would you be showing a video of?  Your double chin?  Your nostrils? What ever it shows would most likely would not be very attractive.

Holding the iPad out like you would a camera taking a picture of yourself wouldn’t be comfortable either.  So what to do?  My thoughts are either a retractable camera that could be clipped to any handy objects or folding arm camera something like those book lights you see.  In any event I think the Apple engineers are hard at work on a solution.  In this day it’s pretty simple.  You need a camera!

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iPad – My thoughts

So I’m sure by now everyone is seen apple’s iPad.  Here are a few on my thoughts.  It’s a pretty good concept and it looks like they are going after the eReader market which is still immature.  That’s a good start as the Kindle is gaining acceptance so there IS a market for such devices.  

The device also may be a winner since it has Apple’s brand.  iAnything for Apple seems to turn to gold lately and this may be another hit for them.  I do not think however it will be an overnight success.  It’s going to take some time to sell the public on the new form factor and find the niche for it.  Games may help, high-profile periodicals, music and video content and the 100,000 iPhone apps can all help make it a success. 

So now to what I think is REALLY missing to make it a run away success.  I hear everyone talking multitasking but, that’s not high on my list although it would be nice.  A HDMI interface would be huge and also a camera for video conferencing.  Come on it’s 2010 and no HDMI? 

Like all Apple products I’ve learned to never buy the first release.  Remember the first iPod, first iPhone?  Seems like 6 months later the new rev was out and the first devices paled in comparison.  So although I like the iPad overall I’ll wait for the iPad 4G/HDMI/Camera version.

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