In light of the iPod Mini, this is the iPod Maxi. Alternately, the Maxi Pad.

12:30 am, 1/28/10

After doing some reading about the new Apple iPad, I have to agree with the conclusions of Gizmodo's Adam Frucci. I'm obviously just not enough of a hipster to "get it".

I'm an iPhone owner, and I think the Fisher-Price interface and technical limitations are perfect for a handheld mobile device, particularly one that primarily functions as a phone. However, all they've done with the iPad is removed the phone, made it several times larger and heavier, and handed it back to the consumer. It seems like a toy, a gigantic, clumsy iPod Touch, and, as far as I can tell, little more.

You still can't view Flash on the web, so it's not really a web device. You can't multitask, so it's not a productivity device. It's too large to be a convenient PDA. It isn't a phone. The screen is improperly proportioned to be an ideal media viewer. So what is it supposed to be? If it can't actually replace the netbook in a user's briefcase or backpack, does that user really want yet another expensive gadget when it offers them the same limited connectivity as the phone in their pocket?