Well the iPad was officially announced this week. I need to put my two cents in about this. First of all I think the name is awful. Come on Apple, I know you can do better than that.

My biggest annoyance so far with this is the lack of multi tasking. What if I want to read something while listening to Pandora? Come on guys, y’all can do better. The fact that it’s pretty much running the iPhone OS is kind of lame. Sure its a good starting point for a tablet but you really really should have expanded on it. Multi tasking is a must and probably will be the main reason I don’t get one (although I secretly want one right now).

Another issue I have (until I see one in action) is the fact that I don’t think I’ll actually want to read a book on this thing. I have a Kindle (gen 1 infact) and I love the screen. I’ll be honest, I’ve downloaded a book or two as PDFs in the past. Reading a book on a computer screen is harsh on the eyes. I can see myself reading newspapers and magazines on it but when I sit to read a book I read for hours. I just don’t see myself sitting down that long with it reading. Then again, the screen could be ok for reading. We just don’t know yet. Plus depending on the price, even if I had one, I’d probably just use the Kindle app for iPhone. Which begs the questions, will they let Amazon put out an iPad specific app and would they be even interested in making one (they damned well should be)?

My last complaint, I swear, is the fact that it just looks like a giant iPod Touch. OS X looks so beautiful. There has to be a better solution for the tablet’s OS. Those icons are great for the limited space of the iPhone or iPod, but this tablet has some real estate since its much larger. There could be a much better option for icons. This last issue I have is kind of silly, I know, but I’m a graphic designer. I like pretty things and I just think Apple could do better.

Whether or not I get one is still up in the air. I will, however, get my hands on one for the sole purpose of a review. Even if that means sitting downtown in the Apple store for a few hours.