Comments on: No iBooks Store for New Zealand

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:33:10 +0000

You know, I have to say I am very disappointed with this. I know there was a huge amount of hype and build up for it so it was never going to live up to any expectation, but it feels like Apple have purposely restricted and left stuff out of it.

When the iPhone was first released yes it was missing some key functions, same with the iPod Touch, but they learned from the short comings and fixed most of them with the 3GS. No knowing all the hype and what everyone was expecting would it have been that hard to put a front facing camera in it? A GPS chip that doesn't require cell coverage? An SD card slot? A USB port for importing directly to the device without having to sync with another MAC? Making iBooks available worldwide?

To me it is as simple as this:

Apple have purposely left key features and functionality out of this version of the iPad, knowing consumers will still buy it and then next year they will release the iPad 2nd Generation with more of the missing features which consumers will feel compelled to upgrade to.

I realise this is a business decision but it is just so blatant.

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By: carper55

carper55 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:41:56 +0000

“It’s just the same old song”

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By: Mak

Mak — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:22:32 +0000

Quite a disappointment.

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By: lnr1

lnr1 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:23:55 +0000

Never mind. Just read the other post

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By: lnr1

lnr1 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:21:48 +0000

Why does that not surprise me! If I were to get an iPad, this would be the only reason. Can we thank Apple for this or the NZ (copyright?) people?

Hey Steve, is there any information whether or not the iPad runs flash?

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