As everyone is in iPad frenzy right now, I thought I would post my 2 cents.  Now, I am not a fan of Apple by any sense of the word, but Jobs and Company make very good if not excellent products, I’m just not sure they meet my criteria of a computer.

When you look at the most recent product lines such as the iPod Touch, iPhone and now the iPad, these may fall into the Internet Appliance category more than a computer category.  Part of this is that all of these products are extremely restrictive by design.  This is not a bad thing, necessarily, as there is a segment of the market who are perfectly happy with this concept.

I view this somewhat like the car enthusiast, where they want to maintain and tweak their machine to their particular liking and push the envelope on what it can do.  In this case, otherwise know as Geek’s or Technology enthusiasts.

Apple is about control.  Steve wants you to use his devices the way he perceives the devices should be used.  There is nothing wrong with this concept as there are plenty of consumers who just want a device that works and has no desire to look under the hood.  I am just not sure these latest devices fall under the definition of Computers,  they seem more like Internet Appliances.

For me, when it comes to a phone, you can read my post: My Perfect Mobile Device. As far as computing, I will stick with my laptop running Windows 7.  I just cant help it, I like to look under the hood and get my hands dirty.

Now we sit back and watch all of the Android and Windows tablets hit the market.  Thanks for the innovation Steve.