So I Changed My Mind
June 25th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
I know, I know.
I previously posted that I was not going to get an iPad. However, recently I broke down and ordered one. In fact, I got a 32gb. iPad 3G.
I have had it for a couple of weeks now. I have started to get it integrated into my normal workflow. I was a bit skeptical at first that it would only be a nice “toy”. However, now that I have had a chance to get used to it I can honestly say that it is proving to be a fabulously useful device.
I had an iPhone 3G for about two years. I really enjoyed the device but the real drawback of using it for any real work was it’s small size. The iPad with it’s much larger screen does not have those drawbacks.
For example, I like to look at my calendar in the whole month view. On the iPhone you saw a little dot in each day cell if there was a calendar item. You had to click on the day cell to see what was on the calendar for that day. The iPad’s month view actually shows the calendar entry and not just a dot.
For the most part the web browsing experience is not far from what you’d get with a laptop as long as the website you are trying to view doesn’t rely of Adobe’s Flash. For the most part, the sites I frequent are not heavily Flash dependent so this isn’t a real problem for me.
The on screen keyboard is actually a lot easier to type on than what you might expect in fact, if you are in portrait mode, I am just about as fast typing on it as I am on a real keyboard.
I’ve been using mine a work a lot lately. There are a few others in my line of work that have taken to them too. In fact, here’s a post from one of them about his experiences.
So far I have been suitably impressed by the whole thing. I think it will be very interesting to see how this platform evolves in the future.
