I've had my iPad for over a month now . . . so what do I think of it?
Back in '07, I bought my first iPhone. I had some extra money and I . . . just . . . wanted it. I remarked afterwards that this was one of the few times I have bought a not-cheap “gadget” and felt no buyer's remorse at all. I loved the thing! I kept finding new uses for it that I never imagined before. Now, the iPad? Oh yes, I love this thing as well!
Yes, the iPad is an iPod Touch with a bigger (higher resolution) screen and a much faster processor. But, let's think about that. When I want to quickly check my e-mail or Facebook, I could fire up a computer. And I would sit and wait for the thing to boot up or come out of sleep mode. That might not seem like a huge annoyance, but when I was able to pick up my iPhone, click a button, and read my e-mail in an instance, that wait is an eternity! With the iPad, I get that same convenience, and I get to read my e-mail or Facebook on a comfortably sized screen. That doesn't sound like a big deal? OH YES IT IS! The screen size also makes reading e-books and web surfing a pleasure. And, yes, games are much, much nicer.
My only complaints about the iPad? I didn't put out the extra money to get an iPad that worked with AT&T's 3G service. That means that I'm constantly thinking “oh, I wish I could . . .” Seriously, though, I'm rarely away from WiFi service, so that would have been an added expense that I really didn't need. The iPad could be a bit lighter. It's not heavy by any stretch of the imagination, but if you are sitting in bed reading on the iPad for three hours, you start to feel it. A Kindle, for example, is noticeably lighter (by the way, did I mention that I have something like five e-book readers on my iPad? Try that with a Kindle!). My biggest complaint is that in a few months, Apple will release a new model of the iPad that will blow this away. When you are dealing with Apple products, however, that is a given: next year there will be a new model, get over it.
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