Are you ordering an iPad?
I have to say, I’m not totally convinced I want one, but the fact remains, there’s a lot of hype out there. Aside from an abysmal name choice, many people aren’t certain whether this new device lives up to its pre-release hype.
However, if you watch this video, I’m sure you, like me, will understand how totally amazing this piece of technology really is. Three minutes. Enjoy.
For me, I love the concept of it. There are drawbacks. For one I wouldn't want to read off of it for long periods of time. I get headaches even using my itouch too long. Like an hour of use. The size though is my biggest drawback. It's not exactly small enough to fit in my purse. I go back and forth or not.
Either way, Maripat, you have to admit the condensed video is cute!
It was an amazing, beautiful, really gorgeous video.
Heh
For me, size is the selling point. Not because it will be convenient to carry about, but because I can combine three devices into one. I have an iPod nano, which works well for music and is incredibly small (but not so small I lose it). I have a Palm Tungsten 5, which is a great PDA. I can read eBooks on it, but it's such a small screen. I can type novels on it — it works best with my folding keyboard. In fact, I almost bought an iPod Touch when Apple dropped the prices at Thanksgiving, but I decided to hold off, because, after I thought about it, I could do all the iPod Touch things with my nano and Palm (even though it was a little less "cool" to do so).
I have a Sony Vaio with a 10" screen. The screen is too small to work with comfortably, but it has all the power of a desktop computer in a package smaller than many hard cover books. I have a slip case with carry handles that makes it look like I'm carrying a hardcover book with me. It has a five hour battery life, which means I can take it to a coffee shop and hang out and don't have to worry about finding an electrical outlet. It has WiFi and a writable DVD. It's a great travel computer, but I don't do a lot of true work on it unless I have to because the screen is small.
This is where the iPad looks intriguing. I have the capabilities of the Palm and the nano with the screen size of my laptop. SO. For traveling where I just need to access the internet, maybe listen to some music, maybe read on an eBook or two (as long as I can do something non-proprietary where I don't have to buy into Amazon or iBook…), or type on a novel for a day or two on the road. These kinds of things. I think the iPad might be better than the trio of nano, Palm, and Sony. I do plan to get a MacbookPro, but it's larger, and I would miss the ease of carrying my Sony around.
For me, I think the iPad might fit in this niche. I would really like to see multi-tasking (at the very least, listening to music and doing something else), at least one USB port, and maybe a camera. Another reason I held off on the iTouch was lack of a camera. The iPhone has one. There's no reason the Touch couldn't. I'll at least wait until the second generation, maybe longer, before I spring for one.