This article over at Slashgear got me thinking, and rather than write a brand new post about what the iPad isn’t I thought i’d hot link you right on over. The main aspects i’ve posted here for you to get the general jist of my concerns, but if you would like to readon then please use the link to slashgear at the bottom of this article.
Many of the iPad rumors we heard in the run-up to yesterday’s launch turned out to be false – OLED displays, dual cameras and solar panels all come to mind – but one of the suggestions that had sounded reasonably believable was that the tablet would run iPhone OS 4.0. Last we heard, tipsters suggested that Apple had been sitting on the launch of the updated platform since it contained too many mentions of the iPad, something that would tip developers (and thus the press) that the nigh-legendary tablet was on its way.
So it came as some surprise to discover that the iPad demo units Apple brought out yesterday were all running iPhone OS 3.2, a relatively minor increment above what’s currently found on the iPhone 3GS and iPod touch. No sign of all OS 4.0, or any of the benefits – multitasking being the heavily hinted one – it’s expected to bring. My thought at the time was that, in an attempt to keep the focus on the iPad rather than prompt questions about the state of the iPhone, Apple would announce and most likely release OS 4.0 in the interim period between now and the iPad shipping.
When I made that suggestion on Twitter in the aftermath of the Apple announcement, a few people queried why the company would go to the effort of adding iPad support to iPhone OS 3.2 if they were only going to update it to OS 4.0 by the time it launches in roughly 60 days time. That’s certainly a good question.
Continue to read the full article over @ SlashGear
