{"id":256917,"date":"2010-01-31T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/open_thread_what_features_will_ipads_competitors_h.php"},"modified":"2010-01-31T15:00:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T20:00:42","slug":"open-thread-what-features-should-ipads-competitors-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/256917","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread: What Features Should iPad&#8217;s Competitors Have?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/images\/ipad-150-device.jpg\">Last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/open_thread_is_the_ipad_a_flop.php\">we asked if you thought the iPad was a flop<\/a>, and many of you told us exactly why.<\/p>\n<p>In that comments thread, you joined us in collective head-scratching and fist-shaking over the price point and the lack of certain key features. It&#8217;s clear that many of us won&#8217;t be flocking to the nearest Apple store to pick up one of these gadgets. But there may be alternatives. <strong>In the event that a competitor releases a tablet device, what features would you want it to have?<\/strong> <font style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">tweetmeme_url = 'http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/open_thread_what_features_will_ipads_competitors_h.php';tweetmeme_source = 'rww';<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\"><\/script><\/font>Give us your wish list in the comments; hopefully, manufactures are listening.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Sponsor<\/em><br \/><a href='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/ck.php?n=18035&amp;cb=18035' ><img src='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/avw.php?zoneid=14&amp;cb=18035&amp;n=18035' border='0' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s our own wish list of features that would make us really excited to buy a tablet from an Apple competitor.<\/p>\n<h2>A Better Price<\/h2>\n<p>The iPad starts at $500, but with just 16 gigabytes of storage, it&#8217;s not the music\/video\/photo-carrying device most of us will need or want. That price point is essentially a phantom. And when we start to add up all the costs for the iPad we&#8217;d actually want to have, it makes more sense to scrape together another couple hundred dollars and spring for a top-of-the-line PC laptop &#8211; something a bit more functional, not just a big, expensive geek toy.<\/p>\n<h2>A Camera<\/h2>\n<p>For a device that promises to make picture- and video-sharing simple and fun, the lack of a camera is a great disappointment. Without a camera, it&#8217;s true that there&#8217;s no ability to snap pics and vids for Facebook or <a href=\"http:\/\/dailybooth.com\">DailyBooth<\/a> or talk to others via Skype video or <a href=\"http:\/\/tinychat.com\">TinyChat<\/a>, but users are also missing out on one of RWW&#8217;s favorite tech trends: augmented reality! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/ibummer_augmented_reality_fans_disappointed_by_ipa.php\">We wrote a whole post<\/a> lamenting the fact that this long-awaited device can&#8217;t play nicely with some of our favorite AR toys.<\/p>\n<h2>A Stylus<\/h2>\n<p>Our awesome cartoonist, Rob Cottingham, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/cartoon_a_use_case_for_the_ipad.php\">just wrote this morning<\/a> that as one who draws and doodles, he&#8217;d appreciate a way to interact with the iPad&#8217;s multitouch screen. Bridging that gap between the screen and the stylus might even be the graphics tablet-killer. For a company that&#8217;s traditionally held sway over the design and arts communities, Apple should&#8217;ve thought more about this part of its core audience.<\/p>\n<h2>A Slide-Out Keyboard<\/h2>\n<p>This is one of the reasons I&#8217;m so glad I held out for my Droid when the Apple fanboys and fangirls were mocking my iPhone-free lifestyle for years. Having a physical keyboard simply can&#8217;t be beat, particularly for content creators and enterprise users.<\/p>\n<h2>More Options for OSes and Carriers<\/h2>\n<p>No multitasking? AT&#038;T? Those conditions are deal-breakers for me and quite a few others, I&#8217;m sure. I&#8217;d love to see a device that could run Jolicloud, Chrome OS or a lightweight Linux distro. And as a happy Verizon customer, I&#8217;d like to stick with my current carrier and perhaps even work the data charges into my current plan. Overall, we just want more openness and more options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, what do YOU want in a tablet?<\/strong> USB or other ports? A built-in WAN card for instant Internet connectivity? More storage? A faster processor? Flash? In the comments, give us your list of must-haves and what you expect to pay for them. Who knows &#8211; perhaps a manufacturer will be able to produce something for non-iPad fans sooner than we think.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out ReadWriteWeb&#8217;s full <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/tag\/ipad\">iPad Archives<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/open_thread_what_features_will_ipads_competitors_h.php#comments-open\">Discuss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/HWLOMpH__zxDiWy1fXiUPX2_ADo\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/HWLOMpH__zxDiWy1fXiUPX2_ADo\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/HWLOMpH__zxDiWy1fXiUPX2_ADo\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/HWLOMpH__zxDiWy1fXiUPX2_ADo\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=CN2GXKNo-GY:EVXln2a-iHg:FFnlKYwJmN0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=FFnlKYwJmN0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=CN2GXKNo-GY:EVXln2a-iHg:Ij26kaj3iuU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=Ij26kaj3iuU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=CN2GXKNo-GY:EVXln2a-iHg:C2pbw5bZMiI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=C2pbw5bZMiI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=CN2GXKNo-GY:EVXln2a-iHg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=CN2GXKNo-GY:EVXln2a-iHg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=CN2GXKNo-GY:EVXln2a-iHg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=CN2GXKNo-GY:EVXln2a-iHg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=CN2GXKNo-GY:EVXln2a-iHg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=CN2GXKNo-GY:EVXln2a-iHg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=CN2GXKNo-GY:EVXln2a-iHg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=CN2GXKNo-GY:EVXln2a-iHg:OqabYuBsmOY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=OqabYuBsmOY\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~4\/CN2GXKNo-GY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we asked if you thought the iPad was a flop, and many of you told us exactly why. 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