What's the point of tablets

Tablets are stupid and we have apple to thank.

If it's not a good game or catholic...who do you call...why pokematic "hi."

This post is a product of it's time. This was true back in August of 2011 but not true now. Please read my follow-up, Tablets, a second look.
Ever since Steve Jobs unleashed his latest demon, the tablet computer has become a big market for tablet computers. And it begs me to ask one question...Why? While I do hate apple, I must respect their smart phone and what it has done for the world of cell phones. Don't respect ipod because it killed an otherwise good market. But with the ipad, I see no real use for it. Basically it's an iphone/itouch that you can't fit in your pocket or it's a macbook that has no keyboard, CD/DVD drive, usb port, and most everything a standard netbook can do. And this is basically what the ipad was.

Well just like apple, they use their pawns to create a market for an otherwise useless product. I remember reading in TIME that other companies have tried to make tablet computers but failed and that the ipad was probably going to succeed because it's apple. I must say that the original ipad was a fail in it's self. Here's a video on why it sucks, aside from the fact that it's apple.


The ipad 2 had some improvements, but still sucks, and here's another video explaining why.



Well now we have many other tablets, all better than the ipad, but still not really worth it. Now I'm a geek, so I really can't help but play with the demo tablets in the store, but never the ipad. I must say that they are fun. The racing games have cool controls with the accelerometers and the controlling and angry birds. I've played with the Motorola xoom and hp touch pad. Right now the hp touch pad is the best in my books. Why? Because of one word, FLASH!!! Yeah all the others out there don't have flash. Expect for the "big new edition" with the ipad 3 to be the inclusion of flash. But I don't think I'll ever get a tablet.

Why you might ask? Well tablet computers will always be wanna be laptops. Really, they are laptops without the ports, drives, keyboards, and program support. And I feel that there is a difference between programs and applications. Apps are simpler typically than programs. There is this Accer or some name similar to that has a keyboard dock that makes it a little more like a LAPTOP but still not quite. I think dell has this tablet laptop hybrid where you can turn the screen one way and have it facing outward when closed and have it be a tablet where when you have the screen facing inward it is a basic laptop. I think you should buy those kinds of computers if you're considering a tablet. You get all the ports and programs and whatnot while also having the touch screen. Sure you don't get the thinness and lightness of a tablet, but you get all that you would need for practical use.

I really don't know what use an ipad or other tablets would be in real life. I can see it in a business aspect where you have a meeting with a presentation and then having all the graphs and stuff right there with all the people in the meeting or in an educational setting so you can project all the info to the students so it's right in front of them, but that's it. I don't see any real use for it for people outside situations like that. I can show off pictures after I load them on? I can watch online videos, but only those where I have an app for, unless hp touch pad. I can read magazines and books, but so can an ereader that's cheaper. I can watch movies, but only after being downloaded and not off of a DVD. I can play some games, most of which are probably available on more portable media. Yeah I really don't see much use where smart phones are much more portable and laptops are much more practical. So yeah, this has been Pokematic signing off and bu-bye.

We all know that ipad was a stupid name. So many tampon jokes. Here's a video put out by National Lampoon lampooning it.

New Apple iPad, Classic National Lampoon TamPod... by NationalLampoon