網路上許多科技名嘴，都不看好這種純閱讀器的未來。重量級科技網誌TechCrunch邀請多位作者深入剖析，認為iPad這種新世代平板電腦比起閱讀器，至少具有十大優勢，例如小筆電的功能、App Store裡數不清的應用程式、彩色多點觸控螢幕等，愉悅的使用經驗，讓閱讀器相形見絀，活像是80年代的老古董。

A few days before Apple's iPad went on sale, Apple launched a new section on their website showcasing a list of websites that they call "ipad ready". Clearly, part of their reason for doing so was to combat a lot of the people, including myself, who think the lack of Flash support on the iPad makes for a bad user-experience on the device. What Apple didn't say is that many of these sites, including the New York Times, Reuters, Time and MLB, aren't truly iPad ready.
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As someone rightly points out in the comment section below, on Apple's page that lists the "iPad ready" websites there is a disclaimer that says, "The above websites vary in their level of compliance with open web standards and in some instances may require a plug-in to view content." The ironic part of that is that the iPad does not support plugins.

我的感覺是, iPad 沒希望
跟閱讀器比有很多優勢
但還有個觸控筆電是他的對手 與他相比 iPad感覺就很弱
(不能用記憶卡,沒有 VGA output...)
使用時間再長這些基本的東西沒有就少了很多應用方式