Yeah, I bought an iPad. I hate myself. I was even saying during the purchasing process (which was insanely irritating and rage-inducing... the Apple store has a little bouncer rope... like a club... wtf?) "it's OK, this will be more for Katy than for me". Well, it might be for Katy, if she could ever get me away from it. Sigh. Apple wins again. I'm really digging it. Here's why so far:
- Netflix Watch Instantly. Very well done. Very easy and smooth. Movies look really hella great on the iPad.
- the MLB.com app. Wooooot, live games in near HD quality (it's HD until people start moving a ton, then it degrades some, but not enough to even be annoying)
- kid stuff. I've bought a few games for Ona - memory something-or-another, Dora coloring book, and others - and she loves it. She's not the best at touching it, because she hits her finger and knuckles at the same time and double-taps, but it's still mainly smooth and awesome for her
- the screen. Sooooo nice.
- the battery life. charger? wha? where?
I realize 60% of that is about apps and not strictly the device, but the device made them possible and that's gotta count for something. I will probably buy an Android tablet some day, if they are as high quality, and hopefully developers will keep up the keepin' up.
Other things of note:
- typing really isn't as bad as i thought it would be, though it's still not 'great'. I have the bluetooth keyboard for my laptop and haven't tried setting it up yet. If I end up doing anything "long" on it, typing-wise, I'll try it out. I'm writing this on the laptop, not the iPad. That said, I am still hoping that 'swipe' approach will catch on for touch devices some day.... it just seems like a great way to input text on a touch device.
- I need the case. I really really didn't want to buy the case, but without it, it's hard to sit it down at a good angle. I keep dropping pillows and stuff behind it and that doesn't work so well. Sigh.
- I didn't go 3G. My phone is wifi hot-spot enabled, so i'll just leech of that when i need it.
- I do still loathe Apple's marketing speak. "Magical and Revolutionary". errrrrr, no. Very nicely done? Yes.
