I have been using an iPad for a few weeks now. I must admit I like it, it is small, reliable and has a long battery life. I mostly use it for output of information. The iPad is truly a great output device, the input is a bit trickier. But taking notes on the iPad usually works well, you get used to the keyboard (it just lacks Swedish characters right now, comes in the next release in November).
iOS on the iPad is highly intuitive. The kids got used to the devices almost immediately and can now play games and look at photos etc.
There are naturally a lot of Apps on the Ipad. An App I use regularly is Flipboard. It is a good mashup for the new digital media age. It makes Twitter lists very useful!
When it comes to taking notes I must admit I miss Microsoft OneNote. I hope Microsoft will release Microsoft Office programs to the iPad. Until then I use Plaintext and Dropbox.
Dagens Nyheter quotes some interesting news from Gartner about the sales of media tablets (like an iPad). During 2010 sales will be 19,5 million devices, and 2011 a staggering 54,8 million an increase with 181 percent. I have also seen numbers that predict that tablets will beat the PC sales in 2012. Electronista claims it will be 2014. Regardless I can understand why people are buying tablets.
I've heard that you are able to sync the mac keyboard with the Ipad, in that case, you can use it pretty much as a full computer replacement.
ReplyDeleteTrue, you can connect a keyboard to it. But that sort of ruins it. I mean the form factor without the keyboard is great.
ReplyDeleteYou can see an example on http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20014596-1.html
Tack för en bra blogg. Längtar tills man får en iPad. Kul att du gillar den.
ReplyDeleteI agree Joakim. But I can imagine using a sollution such as the one you linked to from time to time, for Open office tasks.
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