Some Thoughts on the iPad
June 8th, 2010 by cbaxter.When I initially saw the iPad, I thought it was a big iPhone and balked at the idea that it was running iPhone OS (now iOS) instead of MacOS. Granted, the hardware looked great, but I did not see how it would fit in with my everyday life.
After spending a week with one, I can now say that I get it. It is my “go to” device for surfing the web, responding to email and — apparently, with a dock and bluetooth keyboard — blogging. Interacting with websites through a larger touchscreen is a dream and, with a solid battery life and almost instant boot from sleep to Safari, it’s much easier than pulling open the laptop.
The Apps are great, as well (specifically Scrabble) — but I expect to see a lot of improvement here. I really like the media applications (BBC, Reuters, Wired), but don’t like the lack on any social features — e.g. they are like static print and lack the ability to share or email…so I’m on the websites a lot still.
Overall, it’s a great user experience and really fun device. Essential? No. But that doesn’t mean Apple won’t sell tens of millions to happy customers. I’m looking forward to upgrading iOS 4 (and backgrounding) this Fall.
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