The iPad UI Dissected In Photos

Following its unveiling last week, everyone continues to debate Apple's iPad. Some are certain that it's doomed to fail, while others are sure it's the future of computing. The truth is that, like the iPhone, it's hard to make any kind of accurate judgement about it until you've actually used it. Unfortunately, that's not yet possible since the earliest models are still about 60 days away from shipping. But until then, developer Frasier Speirs can give you the next best thing. Speirs has made a Flickr set in which he dissects screenshots of the iPad from the promotional shots and videos Apple has released. On each photo he adds his own notes of things to take notice of. But rather than go for most of the obvious elements, Speirs focuses on a lot of UI elements that the majority of people will overlook while watching the videos. This is important because as any good fanboy will tell you, it's often the subtle things Apple does in its UI work that make its devices stand apart.