As a typical early adopter, my first inclination at a new offering such as Apple's new iPad is always enticing. However, I'm on to you Steve Jobs! Systemically, ever since the launch of the intel based computers, Apple has engaged in a keen marketing strategy. It has slipped somewhat unnoticed by the buying public for years. Some of us lived in denial. But this iPad offering makes it all to glaring. It is the mystery of the missing feature.
Yes, the missing feature. Let me put it like this. Consider Apple, Inc. A forward thinking company known for its revolutionary design and features beyond what mere mortals dare to dream. Apple changes the game with it's innovation. It pushes the envelope. It is the prototype that all others chase. And it doesn't put and iSight in the iPad? Really?
And I'm supposed to believe this is an oversight? A Mistake? Am I supposed to believe that Steve just doesn't think the iPad needs it? Shenanigans!
The iPad is screaming for an iSight! It's made for on the go video conferencing! So why leave it out?
iPad 2.0. Yep, the bigger and better iPad NEXT year with all the features this one is missing. Why sell one when you can sell two? Worked like a charm with the iPhone. Trickling out the features over three or four years so we keep upgrading.
I'd bet cold hard cash that the original designs for the iPad had at least one iSight if not two (one forward facing, one back facing) and that this feature (along with others) was stripped out for the release model -- saved for 2.0.
I don't like thinking this way, but I can't live with the denial any longer. Hope the iLiver isn't missing any features.
