Apple iPad’s Fatal Flaw: No Video Chat

Posted by Gabriella Stern on January 28, 2010
Consumer Products, Technology

If you have friends, or offspring, in their teens, you know what’s wrong with the new iPad: there’s no video camera, so you can’t see your pals while chatting with them when you’re supposed to be doing your homework. Lack of video chat capability is a yawning gap in the iPad’s functionality. It might be precisely what makes it more of a niche than a mass-market product. The blogosphere is full of speculation that the next version of iPad (iPad 2.0) will in fact have video chat capability. If so – and surely Apple wants to fix this flaw – it’s worth holding off on an immediate iPad purchase.

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1 Comment to Apple iPad’s Fatal Flaw: No Video Chat

F Pait
January 28, 2010

It is always better to hold off on any computer purchase. The current model is already obsolete. Nevertheless, someone is buying at any given time. Right now, the iPad is meant for people who were hesitating between a netbook and a book reader – it is better than either. Later, if the software developers come up with good apps, Apple will add hardware features. Meanwhile if you are happy carrying a phone and a portable computer, you don’t need a tablet.

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