Wavyx

I guess by now everyone on the (geek) planet has heard about the Apple (r)evolution of the tablet pc.
Tablet pc have been around for quite some time, but no one really make it a big success. Maybe because of the weight, the aspect, the transportation problem (too big for a jean’s pocket), aspect  ratio, look & feel, ergnomy, …

In these challenges, Apple is usually quite good at making WOW effect products. And somewhat yesterday the whole mac planet was waiting for such a big bang as when the iPhone came out. And yeah, Apple did a fine job, but not a great one as expected… This iPad is finally a nice giant iPhone without GPS and camera but including iWork (and iBooks).

This morning I have a bittersweet feeling that I can pinpoint to some missing or disappointing elements:

1. A thick border !  Why after the slim and tiny MacBook Air (and the whole MacBook family), did Apple release such a large ugly border screen ?
2. Let’s go back to the … past 4×3 aspect ratio ? I mean everybody is now HD or  Full HD in a cinema compliant 16×9 aspect ratio.
3. No webcams… no comments…
4. iPhone OS based huh! I get the technical/battery life/optimization idea, but why push so much work in porting iWork on iPhone OS. Or on the other hand why not offer the full Mac OS X SDK on a tablet computer ?
5. No GPS = No Location Based Service… sad again.

All these factors, let me really think that the iPad is finally an iDraft. A firts version not fully polished as we were used to by Apple and Steve.
EDIT: I just find out the mashable iPad missings article. I should add SD cards and HDMI in my list…

The Apple iPad

The Wavyx MacPad

Here is my ideal iPad:  a nice thin 16×9 device. You’ll notice the front webcam is upside, but I’m not it wouldn’t be better on the left side to ease video conferences with multiple contacts. On the back, I put 2 webcams. I know it’s too much but I was thinking about some Augmented Reality application  that could better capture the 3D environment with 2 webcams. So let’s say it’s an optional feature

By the way, it has a GPS and it’s of course Mac OS based, so more a MacPad  or MacTouch.

PS: I still searching through the specs, to find how much RAM is bundled but I hope it’s enough to have bigger application with less memory problems as on iPhone.