OT: Who is getting an iPad?

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I thought iPad (and tablets in general) has no future, until I saw this video:

A 2.5 Year-Old Uses an iPad for the First Time

But having your input devices (keyboard/mouse) removed from the output (screen) is counter-intuitive and I can see classes of users who will find tablets much more user friendly. I am not getting a tablet for myself, but my parents and in-laws are getting one with webcam. I might get one for the kids, as well.

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here is another I Pad user 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFNQE_TzQNI&feature=player_embedded#

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here is another I Pad user 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFNQE_TzQNI&feature=player_embedded#

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here is another I Pad user 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFNQE_TzQNI&feature=player_embedded#

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here is another I Pad user 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFNQE_TzQNI&feature=player_embedded#

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here is another I Pad user 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFNQE_TzQNI&feature=player_embedded#

[Doofrat]

I got one and I love it! The touch screen is very responsive and the interface is fast. What you saw on the commercial is pretty much how it runs.
It’s great for reading pdf’s and online articles as well as browsing the web. I’d say that it’s more “fun” to browse the web with the iPad than with a regular ol’ computer with a mouse because you can use your fingers to more easily manipulate the screen than with a mouse.
The few apps that are out specifically for the iPad which made use of the unique screen are really impressive. eBay, e*Trade, and Zillow did a good job. The mapping feature is really neat for some reason that I can’t figure out, you just have to try it. Maybe it’s because it’s so much faster than the one on the iPhone, I don’t know.
It also is a nice remote terminal and remote access device. I just forgot to close out something at work, so I flipped the VPN switch, typed my password and I was in. I could do that on the iPhone too, but it was so small it didn’t feel natural at all.
The battery life is crazy long so it’ll be good on trips.

The bad is that the screen gets too pixelated if you zoom your text out too far. I read a lot of PDF’s, and articles online, but I wouldn’t want to read a novel on this thing. The other bad is that the developers are charging waaaaaay too much for their apps right now and the pixel double feature only looks o.k. on about half the apps. $30 for a RDP client?!? Some developers are even charging for their iPad lite versions!

Disclosure: Doofrat is not an Apple fan boy.

[Doofrat]

I got one and I love it! The touch screen is very responsive and the interface is fast. What you saw on the commercial is pretty much how it runs.
It’s great for reading pdf’s and online articles as well as browsing the web. I’d say that it’s more “fun” to browse the web with the iPad than with a regular ol’ computer with a mouse because you can use your fingers to more easily manipulate the screen than with a mouse.
The few apps that are out specifically for the iPad which made use of the unique screen are really impressive. eBay, e*Trade, and Zillow did a good job. The mapping feature is really neat for some reason that I can’t figure out, you just have to try it. Maybe it’s because it’s so much faster than the one on the iPhone, I don’t know.
It also is a nice remote terminal and remote access device. I just forgot to close out something at work, so I flipped the VPN switch, typed my password and I was in. I could do that on the iPhone too, but it was so small it didn’t feel natural at all.
The battery life is crazy long so it’ll be good on trips.

The bad is that the screen gets too pixelated if you zoom your text out too far. I read a lot of PDF’s, and articles online, but I wouldn’t want to read a novel on this thing. The other bad is that the developers are charging waaaaaay too much for their apps right now and the pixel double feature only looks o.k. on about half the apps. $30 for a RDP client?!? Some developers are even charging for their iPad lite versions!

Disclosure: Doofrat is not an Apple fan boy.

[Doofrat]

I got one and I love it! The touch screen is very responsive and the interface is fast. What you saw on the commercial is pretty much how it runs.
It’s great for reading pdf’s and online articles as well as browsing the web. I’d say that it’s more “fun” to browse the web with the iPad than with a regular ol’ computer with a mouse because you can use your fingers to more easily manipulate the screen than with a mouse.
The few apps that are out specifically for the iPad which made use of the unique screen are really impressive. eBay, e*Trade, and Zillow did a good job. The mapping feature is really neat for some reason that I can’t figure out, you just have to try it. Maybe it’s because it’s so much faster than the one on the iPhone, I don’t know.
It also is a nice remote terminal and remote access device. I just forgot to close out something at work, so I flipped the VPN switch, typed my password and I was in. I could do that on the iPhone too, but it was so small it didn’t feel natural at all.
The battery life is crazy long so it’ll be good on trips.

The bad is that the screen gets too pixelated if you zoom your text out too far. I read a lot of PDF’s, and articles online, but I wouldn’t want to read a novel on this thing. The other bad is that the developers are charging waaaaaay too much for their apps right now and the pixel double feature only looks o.k. on about half the apps. $30 for a RDP client?!? Some developers are even charging for their iPad lite versions!

Disclosure: Doofrat is not an Apple fan boy.

[Doofrat]

I got one and I love it! The touch screen is very responsive and the interface is fast. What you saw on the commercial is pretty much how it runs.
It’s great for reading pdf’s and online articles as well as browsing the web. I’d say that it’s more “fun” to browse the web with the iPad than with a regular ol’ computer with a mouse because you can use your fingers to more easily manipulate the screen than with a mouse.
The few apps that are out specifically for the iPad which made use of the unique screen are really impressive. eBay, e*Trade, and Zillow did a good job. The mapping feature is really neat for some reason that I can’t figure out, you just have to try it. Maybe it’s because it’s so much faster than the one on the iPhone, I don’t know.
It also is a nice remote terminal and remote access device. I just forgot to close out something at work, so I flipped the VPN switch, typed my password and I was in. I could do that on the iPhone too, but it was so small it didn’t feel natural at all.
The battery life is crazy long so it’ll be good on trips.

The bad is that the screen gets too pixelated if you zoom your text out too far. I read a lot of PDF’s, and articles online, but I wouldn’t want to read a novel on this thing. The other bad is that the developers are charging waaaaaay too much for their apps right now and the pixel double feature only looks o.k. on about half the apps. $30 for a RDP client?!? Some developers are even charging for their iPad lite versions!

Disclosure: Doofrat is not an Apple fan boy.

[Doofrat]

I got one and I love it! The touch screen is very responsive and the interface is fast. What you saw on the commercial is pretty much how it runs.
It’s great for reading pdf’s and online articles as well as browsing the web. I’d say that it’s more “fun” to browse the web with the iPad than with a regular ol’ computer with a mouse because you can use your fingers to more easily manipulate the screen than with a mouse.
The few apps that are out specifically for the iPad which made use of the unique screen are really impressive. eBay, e*Trade, and Zillow did a good job. The mapping feature is really neat for some reason that I can’t figure out, you just have to try it. Maybe it’s because it’s so much faster than the one on the iPhone, I don’t know.
It also is a nice remote terminal and remote access device. I just forgot to close out something at work, so I flipped the VPN switch, typed my password and I was in. I could do that on the iPhone too, but it was so small it didn’t feel natural at all.
The battery life is crazy long so it’ll be good on trips.

The bad is that the screen gets too pixelated if you zoom your text out too far. I read a lot of PDF’s, and articles online, but I wouldn’t want to read a novel on this thing. The other bad is that the developers are charging waaaaaay too much for their apps right now and the pixel double feature only looks o.k. on about half the apps. $30 for a RDP client?!? Some developers are even charging for their iPad lite versions!

Disclosure: Doofrat is not an Apple fan boy.

[Coronita]

Mhhh… I’m anti-apple. Even more so now they are suing one of my favorite companies…HTC… fvck apple.

Speaking of which, a few very interesting phones are going to be hitting the markets very very soon.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=13383

This thing gonna kick the Droid’s ass.
Game on…

[Coronita]

Mhhh… I’m anti-apple. Even more so now they are suing one of my favorite companies…HTC… fvck apple.

Speaking of which, a few very interesting phones are going to be hitting the markets very very soon.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=13383

This thing gonna kick the Droid’s ass.
Game on…

[Coronita]

Mhhh… I’m anti-apple. Even more so now they are suing one of my favorite companies…HTC… fvck apple.

Speaking of which, a few very interesting phones are going to be hitting the markets very very soon.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=13383

This thing gonna kick the Droid’s ass.
Game on…

[Coronita]

Mhhh… I’m anti-apple. Even more so now they are suing one of my favorite companies…HTC… fvck apple.

Speaking of which, a few very interesting phones are going to be hitting the markets very very soon.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=13383

This thing gonna kick the Droid’s ass.
Game on…

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