Meh I'm underwhelmed but it's to be expected as they didn't need to change much to keep up with competition. Of course they require an adapter for everything which sucks but when you buy Apple products, that's to be expected. Also really disappointed that they still have not updated the notification system in iOS yet. Maybe they're saving that for June.
The real good news is that the old iPad is going to be cheap so I might buy it for my mom in a few months.
Well, the presentation was good admittedly. Say what you will about Apple but they know how to create hype. All of the media attention is free advertising that companies like Motorola, RIM, Samsung, etc, only wish they had.
As for the actual iPad 2, I'd agree that it was kinda "meh" because the hardware specs mostly only match the latest tablets. No one feature really jumps out at you that makes you drool. Heck, Engadget had a feature comparison between that and some of the other announced tablets and it's largely equal as far as features go.
The notification system is probably the biggest issue when comparing iOS to other mobile OS's at the moment. That and a genuine widget based home screen that you can modify to show different info like the time, probably multiple time zones, weather, stocks, sports scores, etc.
If you have add same amount of memory (32 gig), SD card cable, and HDMI cable, WiFi iPad would be $670, compared to $600 WiFi Xoom.
And Xoom prices are going to fall fast (if Moto wants to stay competitive) once all the other Honeycomb dual core tablets hit the scene in a few weeks.
Ok. But if you look at the Wifi+3G option it's equal in price. You didn't add any caveats in your original post. So we're both right. It just depends on your config.
And your post assumes the person already had a mini-HDMI cable on hand. That's not always the case. Retail outlets are likely going to charge you $20 for HDMI cable for your Xoom.
With that said, I do expect the price of the Xoom to drop after roughly two months. The Xoom will have to compete with not just the iPad 2 but other Android tablets. Apple is highly unlikely to drop the MSRP of the ipad 2 unless sales are terrible.
At one point, Apple also claimed that the IBM PowerPC CPUs out performed Intel/AMD. I'll believe the 9x claim when there's actual proof.
The point was arguable. At the very least it was powerful enough that someone on a Mac wouldn't feel jealous of the processor power of Windows based computers. It was only for a very very brief period but PowerPC was a very powerful CPU when it was first released. Then the AMD vs Intel wars took over and x86 based processors leaped forward. PowerPC was a victim of Apple's limited market share and languished. Heck, PowerPC derivatives basically powers all three consoles gaming systems.
