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iPad Reactions: Bill Gates

For the Apple iPad, it seems that everything is up in the air and we will never really know for sure how this device will turn out until it officially launches.

For now, many people do not even know what the iPad can really do. According to a recent survey, most British adults are familiar with the brand and the look of the iPad but more than half are not aware what the device can actually do. Most assume that it is a super sized iPhone and believe that it will have multi tasking, calling capabilities and a camera.

Lack of public familiarity seems to be preventing the device from getting into the mainstream. Whatever the reason is, Microsoft founder and former company head Bill Gates has expressed that the Apple iPhone was an amazing device that he wishes Microsoft had built, but the iPad is never going to be mainstream –unlike the net book. Ironically, Microsoft is currently working on its own tablet –the Courier and a touch screen net book.

Though looking at the statistics, the net book is far from being mainstream. Net books currently serve a purpose much different from what the iPad is poised to provide –though many who are unaware of the iPad’s features simply expect the tablet to be a keyboard less touch screen net book.

Steve Jobs on the other hand does not believe in net books. After his recent unveiling of the iPad, he has been quoted saying that net books are simply cheap computers that are not better at doing anything –though one has to point out that they are the most reliable portable desktop publishing tools (really, who would use a BlackBerry or a Milestone to type out a novel?).

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