Ok, have been interested in the Ipad for awhile now. I have an Iphone 3g and it is my first and only Apple product and I think its great. I have been working with PC's for over a decade and I know that the Mac software is more stable, but just have a hard time justifying the extra price and less selection of software plus haveing to relearn a new OS. Anways, will start with the pluses:
Great design. I like simple, thin and lite.
The bookstore looks tremendous. My wife is a big reader, but has never been interested in E-books because the readers are always bright and very monitor like. She really loves how the books on the Ipad look.
Overall ease of use. With my experience with the Iphone, I can give it to a 70 year old and they can start using it right away, great form and function.
The apps that are included, photo, internet (yeah, no flash sucks, but honestly it does not bother me to have it omited) seem to be top notch and great to use.
Minuses:
No webcam. This is a huge crush to me. I have gotten used to using my webcam on laptop to chat with family, It would be a dream to be able to easily walk around the house, lay on the couch and webchat.
No external memory slot. Come on, to move files, namly photos from my pc to this is gonna be a tremendous pain. Having to buy 2 adapters for this function is horrible.
Battery. Ok, I have had my phone for a year now, the battery lasts about half as long as it did when it was new. I am actuallys uprised by this and thinks its ok. But with every laptop I had, within 2 years the battery life is measured in minutes, not hours. I am afraid that when this happens, not only will I be paying a huge price for the battery, I will be paying for shipping and without my product for weeks while it gets replaced.
Nothing annouced that it will work with inkwell. A function I think any tablet device should have is the ability to have the user use a stylus product and write down notes, and it translate to text. How this could be omited makes me scratch my head.
3G support thru AT&T only. I am currently an AT&T customer. I live in the 90% of the United States that there is no 3G. Everytime I go to my AT&T store I get "Soon". This has been going on for two and a half years. I live in Greenville NC, home of East Carolina University. They have 30,000 student there, and there are around 75,000 in Greenville. That does not include all of Pitt county. Anyways, no 3G here thru AT&T. Although 3 other carriers have it covered.
The 140,000 apps are ready statement. These are formated for the Iphone, not the Ipad, most will be pretty horrible to look at I have a feeling, but we will see. I think this could come back to haunt Apple.
All in all, I really want to get an Ipad, but with the features I really want missing, I would hate to go out and buy one and 6 to 12 months later they come out with a version that has what I like, ala the Iphone.
Any feedback is welcomed, lookin forward to your ideas and comments.
Great design. I like simple, thin and lite.
The bookstore looks tremendous. My wife is a big reader, but has never been interested in E-books because the readers are always bright and very monitor like. She really loves how the books on the Ipad look.
Overall ease of use. With my experience with the Iphone, I can give it to a 70 year old and they can start using it right away, great form and function.
The apps that are included, photo, internet (yeah, no flash sucks, but honestly it does not bother me to have it omited) seem to be top notch and great to use.
Minuses:
No webcam. This is a huge crush to me. I have gotten used to using my webcam on laptop to chat with family, It would be a dream to be able to easily walk around the house, lay on the couch and webchat.
No external memory slot. Come on, to move files, namly photos from my pc to this is gonna be a tremendous pain. Having to buy 2 adapters for this function is horrible.
Battery. Ok, I have had my phone for a year now, the battery lasts about half as long as it did when it was new. I am actuallys uprised by this and thinks its ok. But with every laptop I had, within 2 years the battery life is measured in minutes, not hours. I am afraid that when this happens, not only will I be paying a huge price for the battery, I will be paying for shipping and without my product for weeks while it gets replaced.
Nothing annouced that it will work with inkwell. A function I think any tablet device should have is the ability to have the user use a stylus product and write down notes, and it translate to text. How this could be omited makes me scratch my head.
3G support thru AT&T only. I am currently an AT&T customer. I live in the 90% of the United States that there is no 3G. Everytime I go to my AT&T store I get "Soon". This has been going on for two and a half years. I live in Greenville NC, home of East Carolina University. They have 30,000 student there, and there are around 75,000 in Greenville. That does not include all of Pitt county. Anyways, no 3G here thru AT&T. Although 3 other carriers have it covered.
The 140,000 apps are ready statement. These are formated for the Iphone, not the Ipad, most will be pretty horrible to look at I have a feeling, but we will see. I think this could come back to haunt Apple.
All in all, I really want to get an Ipad, but with the features I really want missing, I would hate to go out and buy one and 6 to 12 months later they come out with a version that has what I like, ala the Iphone.
Any feedback is welcomed, lookin forward to your ideas and comments.
