This is just an absurd example, probably better to point out lousy file management, lousy window management, missing apps, and no multi user capability
I’ll agree file management and windows management is wonky, but both were afterthoughts to the platform and not what it was designed to be. Those things were basically supposed to be behind the scenes and not front and center to the user. Not sure what apps might be missing, because I can’t think of one I would want but can’t get on my iPad. As a personal device, like a phone or say a personal journal, I am not sure that a lack of multiuser is really a negative. Frankly, I don’t want to share my iPad.
Too many people especially here on HN seem to think it’s the same kind of device as a desktop or PC but it’s really not. It was designed from the get go to be a content consumer/PDA, but I think people see the power to portability ratio and desire their PCs to have that.
I am a fan because for what the iPad does…it does it better than any other tablet out there.
The only one of those you could make a reasonable case for from a general consumer perspective (not the general HN SWE consumer perspective) is maybe Journal. Which in of itself is simply too new an offering from apple to make it a must have app. Besides, if you really needed a journaling app, the app store is filthy with options.
