Do you want an iPad?

ByValerie Comer

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.

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4 Comments

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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