Now that the “big iPhone” has been unveiled to the public, people are now talking about the iPad and everything that makes it the hottest gadget in town. Well, for one thing, people are excited about how it makes e-book reading so much easier and convenient.

But let’s focus on the bad. shall we”

Here’s the notes from Yahoo News (by Ben Patterson: The Gadget Hound):

No 3G support for Verizon
One of the earliest rumors about the iPad (which I’d still rather call the iTablet) was that it would come with embedded 3G support in addition to Wi-Fi. Well, the 3G part was true (monthly pre-paid plans will start at $14 for 250MB of data, or $29/month unlimited), but alas, no Verizon; instead, we’re stuck with good ‘ole AT&T (which is either a good or a bad thing, depending on how you feel about AT&T).

No jaw-droppingly new user interface
One of the most amazing things about the original iPhone was its ground-breaking touch interface; just pinch to zoom into a Web page! Tap to turn on the speakerphone! Swipe to flip through your photos! So maybe it was only natural that many of us gadget hounds (myself included) thought that Apple would come up with some new, “Minority Report”-style interface for the iPad … perhaps some cool haptic feedback for the virtual QWERTY keypad, or maybe (as outlined in some recent patent filings) the ability to sense a finger that’s hovering near the screen but not touching it. What we got, instead, was … pretty much the same touch UI as on the iPhone, except with a lot more room. Not bad, but not all that revolutionary, either.

No built-in camera
The iPhone has a camera, the MacBook has a camera … heck, even the new iPod Nano has a camera (well, a video-only camera, anyway). So, what about the iPad? Ahhh … nope, and that’s especially disappointing given the chatter from the Wall Street Journal that Apple has been toying with facial-recognition software that could potentially be used to, say, identify the various members of your family and deliver their own, customized iPad interface.

For more, click on this article by Ben Patterson: The Gadget Hound.

(story & image via Yahoo News)