[OT] What's an iPad?

[Mike Brown]

I just got a 16 GB iPad yesterday.  I was thinking of it as a large  
iPod touch, but it is not.  It is something new that is a blast to  
use.  I think it will change the way people casually use technology  
and is a big step forward in consumer electronics.  After using it for  
the last day, I think it is a good value as well.  It can replace a  
net book, kindle, and a hand-held game system as well as being a media  
system for photos, video and music.  Much more fun than I expected and  
I would suspect it will be a widely copied model over the next years  
by other companies.

- Mike

Mike Brown
Cyber-NY Interactive
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On Apr 11, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Neal Campbell wrote:

> I had mine delivered from China on April 3rd since I ordered it the  
> day it
> was available for ordering. I got the 64GB unit and its an amazing  
> device.
>
> I think the reviewer I read that said it was the first information  
> consumer
> device had it about right. There is no manual, you just press the  
> big button
> and start poking and sliding your way around it. Its very snappy,  
> the screen
> is beautiful and the ipad apps are very intuitive (but I also have an
> iPhone).
>
> Instead of keeping my laptop by my TV room chair, I have my iPad on  
> its
> stand. When you want to do that quick email check (or query IMDB.org  
> while
> watching a movie to get the real scoop on it), its perfect. Its not  
> for
> programming or multi-page writing but the touch keyboard when in  
> landscape
> view is almost the size of a mini keyboard.
>
> It should kill the netbook craze as well as the Kindle (anyone want   
> to buy
> a used Kindle DX)? The Kindle app on the iPad is really nice and the  
> iBook
> app is even nicer. I wish you could natively read pdf files but that  
> means
> Apple allows Adobe to exist on the same planet and that obviously  
> isn't
> happening.
>
> My wife is wavering on getting one. She wavered on the iPhone also  
> and now
> things its the best device she has ever seen. I predict my iPad will  
> become
> hers when the next gen comes around.
>
> Best wishes
>
>
> Neal Campbell
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>
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Richmond Mathewson <
> richmondmathewson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My top 3 ideas are:
>>
>> 1. Swank toy.
>>
>> 2. Castrated computer for people who don't need laptops or PCs.
>>
>> 3. Tree-Free book.
>>
>> What are yours?  Come on you-all . . .  :0
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