After enduring 2 days of constant pestering from oldest rug-rat I finally let her grubby little fingers come into contact with my "Giant iPhone". She showed me how to use the photo booth app and happily played several games as I watched to make sure she applied the proper level of reverence towards my new toy . See I am too a good sharer.
Day 3 Experience:
More web performance woes.
Several travel websites have display issues. Useable but annoying. Effected sites include Southwest, Kayak & Orbitz. Symptoms include date/time popups not displaying & some sliders/buttons not working.
Functionality of Amazon's new Cloud Drive service is very limited using the iPad.
Used Noterize in several meetings. PDF markup works great.
Flipboard is a very cool app. It makes reading your RSS feeds like flipping through a magazine.
Used Noterize in several meetings. PDF markup works great.
Flipboard is a very cool app. It makes reading your RSS feeds like flipping through a magazine.
Netflix on the iPad worked great. Much more comfortable, easier to hold and change positions, than using my laptop with equivalent picture quality. Watched about 2 hours worth with very little effect on battery life.
Day 3 Impressions:
Pros:
Thin, Lightweight & Comfortable to Use
Good Battery Life
Lots of Apps!
Fast and Responsive to Input
Beautiful Screen
Intuitive Interface
Cons:
Web compatibility issues (not just flash)
Reliance on iTunes (and hence a Mac or PC)
The '90s called and want their web cam back!
Random Thoughts:
Unfortunately the cons regulate the iPad to the role of a companion device. For me this is fine, in fact this was exactly what I wanted from the iPad. If it was't for those few flaws, most notably the iTunes reliance, the iPad could be "the" computing device for a fairly large consumer category. But then the question becomes "should it be"? You can get quite a bit computing power in laptop or netbook form-factor for less than the cost a mid-range iPad. Some of those will even rival the iPad in battery life.
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