A couple of weeks ago, we took receipt of a shiny new iPad at work. And I’ve been testing it. And it is very shiny.
Did I mention it was shiny? Because it is. Very.
The haters are quick to point out that it’s just a big iPod Touch. Which it is, only that’s missing the point. Other haters (or the same ones) say it’s very expensive. Which (again) it is, and (again), that’s missing the point too. Others too say it’s less useful than a laptop. Which it is. Once more, missing the point.
What it actually is, in fact, is something that wasn’t really there before. It’s a simple to use, lovely to operate, sofa-based web browsing device – which does a lot of other things pretty well too. There’s nothing else that does comfy in-front-of-the-tv internetting quite this good. Yeah, this good, as I’m using it now.
And it is very shiny. And now I want one of my own.
I’ve had a play on one for a while and I just can’t make it work better for web-browsing than a laptop or netbook, especially on sites where you want to write more than a couple or words or a URL. Touchscreen keyboards just don’t hack it, IMO.
Glad you found a use for the Ipad! I am soo searching for one myself. Perhaps I should try and get a couch first to sit on. I don’t know, really. I looked for it, but there is no way an Ipad fits into my life š
Cheers!