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I’m likin’ the iPad, but I don’t see it as a replacement for PCs or home computers.
If you’re looking for something smaller than a notebook but larger than a cell phone to handle your mobile data demands, (communications, email, internet), you should take a look. But it’s not a replacement for personal or home computing.
It’s close.
But for users who demand more, more secure storage, more in-depth applications and games, a larger screen, (although Apple makes the best displays of any size I’ve ever seen), the iPad may seem like nothing more than another gizmo.
I’m stopping short of a unqualified endorsement until I have a chance to get my hands on one and try it out.
Next week I hope.
But if it does half the things it claims, and is as easy to use as demonstrated, I can see the student market and mobile professionals lining up. Especially since the price makes it very accessible to both.
Plus…it’s just cool.
And it’s not Microsoft dependent.
Which makes it really cool.
I haven’t seen one yet so I’m withholding judgment, myself. But I am a techno-luddite, I think. It took me a while to get a fancy phone. It took me a while to get a modem, years back. I like dragging both feet and tail before I dive into the next latest thing.
The whole Betamax/VHS thing cured me of diving right in.
I’ve never owned a cell phone and I get along just fine without using a microwave.
(Also, I’ve never seen E.T. or Titanic, prefer pen and paper for rough drafts, prefer books over digital publishing….although curling up with an iPad sounds better than curling up with a Kindle….prefer wired to wireless, mice to touchpads, and until just recently thought Bluetooth was a social disease.)
O.K. Good. I don’t feel so much the luddite, then. I have a CrackBerry, use a microwave, have never seen Titanic, still write letters with stamps and everything (though I type them because my handwriting is atrocious), read books, don’t own a Kindle, love mice not touchpads. Don’t own a Bluetooth. Whew. Thank you for this.
I’m still waiting for the “Dick Tracy” 2-way wrist radio & TV.
And my jet pack! Don’t forget that.
I loathe touchpads and so-called laptop computers. However we have a “notebook” computer that’s good for traveling. I was able to keep up with this website while on Christmas vacation!
There are downsides.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/apple-ipad-review-photos_n_441770.html
I’m going to wait until Leftover gets his and then reports back.