Do I want one? Yes! Do I want to pay for one? No!
The iPad is all the latest hype from Apple. It’s all over the news today. Check out this guy trying to make a name for himself. He is already waiting in line. The silly thing is he already has one reserved. There really is no reason to sit in line.
Well, tomorrow it will be released. No doubt I am intrigued. No doubt I can think of a few uses for it. No doubt most of us will likely own something similar to this as it moves more into the hands of the mainstream and not just the early adopters.
What could I see myself doing with one now? Maybe use it as a book reader. I already have a Kindle along with the Kindle app installed on my iPhone and Kindle for Mac installed on my Macbook Pro.
To watch TV or videos? I don’t really watch much TV and when I do it is usually at the end of the day when I am not ready to go to bed but don’t really have much energy to do much else.
Use it for presentations? This is by far the most powerful use I can think of for an iPad. It could be very useful for giving presentation and for messages on Sunday morning. Would give much more control over the screens than the iPhone without the bulk of a laptop.
It could be very useful when traveling for navigation. It would be a GPS on steroids. Would be helpful in finding restaurants and other attractions.
It would be good for attending conferences and such. I like to take my MacBook to take notes, but always need to look for a power outlet. With 10 hours of battery life, would not really need to find an outlet. I also like to get out of the office when preparing my messages. Again the challenge is finding a place to plugin having limited battery life on the MacBook. Now I don’t know if I really believe it has a battery life of 10 hours. Those who have reviewed it, claim that it does.
One thing I would definitely need before I would buy one of these would be a keyboard dock. I do way too much typing to use the virtual keyboard on the screen. But it sounds like the keyboard will not be available for some time. It would be nice that while they are at it, if Apple would release a keyboard that works with the iPhone. Although, as controlling as Apple is, I doubt we will see that happen anytime soon.
So will I get an iPad. The answer is not now. Maybe someday. Maybe not someday. I will wait and see.
Maybe one day there will be an Android Tablet from Google. That would be an interesting possibility.
So, like me you are a definite maybe, sometime, but not know, but in the future, you might?
yep, I imagine these will be more mainstream than laptops in a few years. But let the early adopters work all the bugs out.