| I'm writing this post on an iPad. It's a very nice device. Noticeably heavier than a kindle 2. Typing on this is a breeze, but not as accurate as with a keyboard. Write now I'm typing about as fast as I can on a normal keyboard (landscape mode). Making several typos here and there, but it's nice to do short messages with. I won't correct typos in the next paragraph. No PDF support but ere are some programs that support is. Noticablt GoodReader which has drop box support. "the above should have read" No PDF support but there are some programs that support it. Noticeably GoodReader which has drop box support. If you type slower on it, it's more accurate. Think in the 20-30 WPM range. Netflix on it, wow. Really cool. The screen on it is gorgeous. Everything looks really good, except upscaled iPhone apps. Most of those are muddy looking. For example, Fieldrunners for iPad looks a zillion times crisper than the iPhone version upscaled. Some media (an iTunes movie I bought, some games) don't have very good volume. Other things are loud and clear, so there's some rough edges here and there. Scrolling in this hacker news text entry box is annoying. Similar to using it with an iPhone. It needs a scroll bar (likely Safaris fault). Overall it's about as intuitive as an iPhone with a few new things here and there to learn. It's really fun to consume content on it, particularly books and websites. Im not sure I would want to create much on it. Creative apps will have to have very intuitive, easy, automated UI's to make creation easy. Part of me wants to see TextMate ported to it, but another part of me thinks that's a horrible idea. Maybe with an external keyboard... I can see a lot of people buying one of these and using it more than their laptop/desktop. Really, if you didn't have to sync the iPad with iTunes, you could forgo using a desktop entirely. Not an option for techies or hackers, but few people fall into that category. It has gotten easier to type on since starting this post. Definitely try one out. This is some very cool tech. |