This is a bit late of course. The Ipad is so last week. Mine arrived with the first batch delivered, but I was away so I didn’t get to play with it until yesterday. It’s not an original observation, but I’ll make it anyway: it’s great at providing content, but the jury is still out on whether you can use it effectively to create anything. It’s pretty difficult, for instance, to create a blog post, at least using WordPress in Safari, and it’s not possible to add picture to a post at all. At least for the present, there is no way to navigate through the file structure to, for instance, get a photo to insert.
The on screen keyboard takes some getting used to. I’m not sure if it’s really feasible to use it for serious typing, primarily because the screen is so touch sensitive than it’s difficult to avoid “hitting” keys by accident.
All that being said, the thing is great for surfing the web, reading and responding to email, watching movies, and, yes, reading books. There’s a huge number of free books (classics, etc. ) available, by the way. It would have been perfect to bring on our recent vacation, in lieu of a computer. It’s also great for draining your wallet a few dollars at a time, though I have taken a vow that (after just one more) I won’t be downloading any more paid apps at least through the weekend.
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