Cross your fingers and hope for these key features to garner much-needed, significant other support.
Okay, every techie, geek, and gadget junkie knows what today is. Supposedly…and hopefully…Apple will debut the long-fabled and much-speculated version of their tablet. Will it be called iSlate, iTablet, or iCostalot? No one knows for sure, yet. To date, we’ve seen endless discussions on tech-related websites around the world regarding what it will look like, how much it will cost, etc.
Let’s be honest with ourselves. Any real technophile knows that it won’t matter if it costs $299 or $999. You will want it. You will wait in line for 32-hours, with people dressed up as Star Wars characters to buy it. If you’re single, you can stop reading because the rest of this doesn’t apply to you. For those that have a significant other who is not a geek, you are going to have to be able to justify buying yet another gadget. To garner support, the Apple Table is definitely going to need key features that (a) distinguish it from what you already have and (b) give them a reason to want to use it (because you will promise to let them use it). What does the Applet Tablet need to pull off the mea culpa of unnecessary purchases? Here’s a list of several features that will make it a “Go” or “No-Go” for much-needed significant other support:
1. Flash Support – Whether it has an iPhone OS, a variant of OS X, or a combination of the two, it needs to support Flash. If we’re going to spend hard-earned cash on the thing and convince your significant other that its better to spend money on this rather than sending the kids to summer camp, we better be able to watch Hulu programs on it.
2. User-facing Camera – This golden chalice of an Apple product has the potential to work its way into small to mid-size businesses, if it has a camera that faces you. Throw in a vertical positioning stand (yet another accessory bonanza) and you have a desktop VTC that can be easily moved around in the office or even outside of the office. No microphones, cameras, keyboards, or cables. Just an innovative way to work, without breaking the bank. Of course, assuring your significant other that they will be able to use it to chat with their Facebook pals comfortably on the couch will be a bonus, too.
3. Wireless Connectivity – When we say wireless, we don’t mean AT&T blessing us with 3G, through the miracle of a SIM card. We also don’t mean CDMA, from Verizon. Being required to add an additional data plan and enter into another contract with the devil is not going to sell this thing to your significant other. This thing has, has, has to have the ability to connect to your wireless network at home, the office, or via tethering from the iPhone (though none of us would actually do that).
4. App Support and a Functional OS – We could justify having to buy this thing if your significant other can use the Shazam App on it to find out “who sings the song in that commercial”, read Yahoo OMG! news, and simultaneously draft Microsoft Word for Mac letters to Aunt Sally explaining that you won’t be able to make your annual summer visit to see her because of “unexpected expenses involving fruit”.
Other than that, there isn’t much else that will convince your significant other to actually approve of you buying this thing. They will not care that it is the coolest thing since sliced bread and that all of your “geeky little friends” are going to get one. With these simple functions and abilities, though, we’ll be able to buy this thing without having our significant other go all “Anakin on the Padwans”. If it doesn’t include these features, I’ll definitely need a favor from you. After you buy it and arrive back at home, please GeoTag yourself and @reply me at http://twitter.com/GeekShui. I’ll need to come to your house and use yours.
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