First iPad Reviews are in -- Pretty impressive!
Mar 31, 2010 | 10:28 PM
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First iPad Reviews are in -- Pretty impressive!
From MacRumors.com:
The early iPad reviews are in from those seeded with pre-release units from Apple. The general conclusion seems to be very positive but with the well known limitations (no Flash, no USB, no multitasking, etc...). Apps are to be a big differentiator for the iPad and an early list of iPad apps are available on AppShopper.
David Pogue / New York Times
Pogue attacks the iPad from two different perspectives: techie and "everyone else". If you're a techie, Pogue says that a laptop will do more for less money. But, if you like the concept of the iPad, "you'll love the machine". Pogue did test the iPad's battery life and found it could play movies continuously for over 12 hours.
Walt Mossberg / All Things D
- "a whole new type of computer"
- Mossberg found the iPad a "pleasure to use" and had less and less interest in using his laptop the longer he used it, reserving their use for writing/editing longer documents or watching Flash-requiring web videos.
- Impressed by the battery life which was longer than Apple's 10 hour claim.
- No trouble with the on screen keyboard.
- Pages is a "serious" content creation app but only exports to Word and not always accurately.
Edward Baig / USA Today
- "The first iPad is a winner."
- Onscreen keyboard fine for emails or quick notes, but not for lengthy articles.
- Most will use the iPad for consuming content rather than creating it.
- "Apple has pretty much nailed it with this first iPad, though there's certainly room for improvement."
Andy Inhatko / Chicago Sun Times
- "The iPad user experience is instantly compelling and elegant."
- "It feels more as if the iPad is filling a gap that’s existed for quite some time."
ABC Video
The early iPad reviews are in from those seeded with pre-release units from Apple. The general conclusion seems to be very positive but with the well known limitations (no Flash, no USB, no multitasking, etc...). Apps are to be a big differentiator for the iPad and an early list of iPad apps are available on AppShopper.
David Pogue / New York Times
Pogue attacks the iPad from two different perspectives: techie and "everyone else". If you're a techie, Pogue says that a laptop will do more for less money. But, if you like the concept of the iPad, "you'll love the machine". Pogue did test the iPad's battery life and found it could play movies continuously for over 12 hours.
Walt Mossberg / All Things D
- "a whole new type of computer"
- Mossberg found the iPad a "pleasure to use" and had less and less interest in using his laptop the longer he used it, reserving their use for writing/editing longer documents or watching Flash-requiring web videos.
- Impressed by the battery life which was longer than Apple's 10 hour claim.
- No trouble with the on screen keyboard.
- Pages is a "serious" content creation app but only exports to Word and not always accurately.
Edward Baig / USA Today
- "The first iPad is a winner."
- Onscreen keyboard fine for emails or quick notes, but not for lengthy articles.
- Most will use the iPad for consuming content rather than creating it.
- "Apple has pretty much nailed it with this first iPad, though there's certainly room for improvement."
Andy Inhatko / Chicago Sun Times
- "The iPad user experience is instantly compelling and elegant."
- "It feels more as if the iPad is filling a gap that’s existed for quite some time."
ABC Video
Mar 31, 2010 | 11:07 PM
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Twelve hours of battery life watching movies is definitely a plus for me. I'm hoping they will be in stores to demo this weekend, but I assume I will be purchasing one.
Anyone else have changed feelings?
Anyone else have changed feelings?
Mar 31, 2010 | 11:33 PM
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I really want one, now.
iPad for TS and funny youtubz, desktop for serious work. Boom. Done deal. Will go check it out in person asap. edit - I have to wait until end of april! Fail.
iPad for TS and funny youtubz, desktop for serious work. Boom. Done deal. Will go check it out in person asap. edit - I have to wait until end of april! Fail.
Last edited by Zorro; Mar 31, 2010 at 11:46 PM.
Mar 31, 2010 | 11:34 PM
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I played with one recently. It is indeed more impressive than most have been lead to believe. While I'm still pretty far from the target market, what I have found myself doing is dreaming up all sorts of "unintended" uses for the device.
As a wireless web client it is simply awesome. Best browser in the world, very fast 802.11n, and piles of battery life. For kiosk uses and demos in "informal" meetings, it can't be beat as a fill in the blanks device.
Don't think I'll ever use it as Apple intended, but will probably pick up a few for various uses.
As a wireless web client it is simply awesome. Best browser in the world, very fast 802.11n, and piles of battery life. For kiosk uses and demos in "informal" meetings, it can't be beat as a fill in the blanks device.
Don't think I'll ever use it as Apple intended, but will probably pick up a few for various uses.
Apr 1, 2010 | 12:03 AM
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How does an iPad play with NAS? Say I get a network drive to store all my movies and music ... am I right in assuming the iPad will have no problem reading from there? If it does that ... well I'm picking one up asap.
