Apple iPad - Could Jobs Lock Down Video Any More?

I have my new Apple iPad (NASDAQ: APPL), which is both as sexy/cool as advertised and as utterly flawed as has been described elsewhere - in general, I'd say wait for the next generation, which presumably will fix the gen 1 flaws, and probably be cheaper and have more memory - otherwise its the most expensive game machine & ebook reader in history, or is just an expensive, crippled notebook.

However, the most frustrating part of it as a possibly rocking video consumption device is that the iPad actually regresses about 5 years when it comes to being able to do almost anything with it not connected to the Apple ecosystem - it's like US mobile phones were before smart phones arrived,  able to leave the "deck", but so painful that no one did.  I spent hours last night trying to move video content to the iPad, and finally gave up on it.  I'm frankly surprised that the browser even works on the general Internet vs just letting it go only to a walled garden of HTML5/Apple-approved sites since its the one way you can actually leave the App Store to surf the wild Internet.

The Video Lock Down Includes:

• No USB port
• Bluetooth file transfer is disabled (haven't seen that since Verizon years ago)
• ITunes is the only way to move video (or anything), and it blocks most attempts to move externally sourced video
• Browser works only on HTML5-compatible sites, eliminating 95% of the flash-powered Internet

Some of this will change over time, presumably with the upcoming 4.0 OS release, the next generation of hardware, many more iPad apps and additional HTML5-compatible sites.  However, right now it feels like you're just being locked like animals into the App Store "pen", and that's a step backwards for the user experience, especially when it comes to moving media back and forth - I suppose that's the biggest opening for Android if they can fix the Java-like fragmentation issuesI forecast months ago here.

Comments

[Sean Ryan]

Apple will never approve porn for the app store, but as the iPhone/iPad and other non-Apple browsers start to support HTML 5 as well as Flash, it will drive the big adult video sites (and all other sites) to create versions which will work with Apple's devices. It's not necessarily a win for anyone because it just increases the costs for everyone, but it seems inevitable at this point.

[Sean Ryan]

There are some great things about the iPad, but unless you must have the latest and greatest gadgets, I'd wait until xmas

[P.J.]

ESPN works just fine. The BBC works just fine. YouTube works just fine. Netflix works. ABC.com works.
It is a matter of time. And the "flaw" in no Flash won't matter over time. Who wants ads anyways?
Name video that is critical to you that you are being denied now?
Where's the love? Glossed over to nitpick video. The iPad is one of the best devices in the past 10 years.
P.J.

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