How Green is your iPad ?
A lot of talk the past weeks has been about the iPad – the latest in Apple’s series of highly anticipated devices designed to change the way we use and interact with technology. At the recent Display Search US Flat Panel Display conference, industry leaders and analysts were labeling the iPad a success, failure and game changer – opinion really depended on who you were talking to !
People have begun asking me – “is the iPad green?”. My answer – “Compared to what ?”
Here is a product that seems to create a middle category between smart phone and Notebook PC. So, the green question can be seen in a couple of ways:
- what green attributes does the device itself feature ? In itself, energy efficiency and recyclable materials can make for an environmentally preferable product.
- Will people buy the iPad in addition to a smart phone and Notebook PC? If we are adding more products to our already extensive electronics portfolios, how sustainable is that ?
Scheduled for an April 3 launch in the US, it will be interesting to see how the iPad takes off in the market – and whether it can be part of a green ICT solution. 
Good point! Many experts in media think that iPad will make tradional paper magagazines and papers part of the history as iPad will be the media for reading newspapers, magazines. If so iPad will save a lot of trees, and that it is also good for the environment. However, I prefer paper waste than e-waste!
by Birgitta on Wednesday 17 March at 18:13