iPad - Post Release

[Zach Zoller]

Now that people have had a few days to settle in with the new toy.

Who has gone to use there lap-top and tried scrolling the screen?

And how has it ruined your computing experience so far, in a good way..or bad?

 

[Ketch Rossi]

He he, for that matter I have been putting my finger on things ever since the iPhone..

 

[michael zaletel]

Zach.

All I can say is the iPad exceeds my expectations in every way. It truly is a game-changer and I say that as someone who has "early-owned" "every single" Apple product since the Mac II.

It's basically the in-between device you didn't know you needed when kicking back on the couch or in bed, riding shotgun in a car, hanging out by the pool and etc. It sucks for typing though because you can't let your fingers rest on the screen like on a keyboard. I just turn it portrait and type with thumbs like an iPhone which works fine.

-michael zaletel

 

[Zach Zoller]

I bought a new TV that has a fancy settings menu but I couldn't figure out why the menu button wasn't registering! oh yeah... not an iPad...

 

[Zach Zoller]

Right on Miachael, glad to hear it.

P.S. I am also a thumb pad typer.

 

[Noah Kadner]

Great for travel- not positive if it will totally replace the laptop. However I've already taken a bunch of trips with iPhone as my only device and that worked out great so I don't see why not. It's really like being in a scifi movie though.

Noah

 

[michael zaletel]

Netflix for the iPad at $8.99 a month is the coolest thing I've ever seen in the realm of portable entertainment.

-michael zaletel

 

[Noah Kadner]

Unless you are outside the U.S. on a semi regular basis- that part sux.

Noah

 

[jimhare]

Unless you are outside the U.S. on a semi regular basis- that part sux.

Noah

I disagree. I think we will see short term 3G support pop up around the world in no time. Would be great to sign up for 30 days in another country while traveling instead of relying on hotels, internet cafes and the like.

 

[Imran Farouk]

the iPad is just too wicked, shame though I can't use netflix since I aint from the US...but it does look very cool...as does the ABC app!

 

[Greg M]

ABC app is very cool, and netflix app alone could justify the purchase. I posted a review here, written mostly on the iPad:
www.digitalfx.tv/blog