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I've had my iPad for 5 weeks now. It hasn't lived up to the magical claims but I do find myself using it heavily for couch browsing. I use my home pc much less now because I turn to this device for most of my home browsing needs. At work I am using the iPad to develop a reporting app. Was it with the cost for me personally, realistically: NO. I have enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
I've had the opportunity to work with several slate tablet devices over the past 6 months and the IPad is the hands down winner on all aspects. The screen is beautiful, the touchscreen is near perfect for fat fingers, the battery life is very good, the onscreen keyboard is the best one I've seen.
There will, no doubt, be better and cheap err tablets in the future. But for 2010 so far there really is no competition yet. I truly hope to see a solid Windows 7 tablet before too long. It someone can put together a Windows 7 tablet with the same physical characteristics as the iPad, for same cost and match the onscreen keyboard for usability, then Id love to buy one.
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Matt Gullett wrote: There will, no doubt, be better and cheap err tablets in the future.
So why did you need to 'invest' at this early stage? What was the urgency?
What aren't you telling us ? ? ?
/xml> "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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I have been developing a slate tablet based reporting system for my employer for about 7-8 months now. The iPad is a real device that is here-and-now. I have used several other here-and-now devices, but none compare to the iPad in 4 critical areas: Ease of use, quality of screen, quality of touch screen/onscreen keyboard and battery life. While others are faster (once booted), none can make the cut in all areas. The best option today is the iPad. I can't wait 6-12 more months for a better option. When a better option comes around, I will be ready because I am developing the reporting system as primarily an HTML5 application with a thin iPad app as a shell. I would have preferred a Windows 7 powered device with a custom Chrome browser, but that just can't be done yet due to hardware limitations.
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... and only if I have to.
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Just not sure about value for money yet.
I, maybe, need to wait for a few more reviews.
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Thanks a bunch for the link.
Between the locking out of 'unapproved' software and censorship, I now find myself downright proud to have never purchased an Apple product !
/xml> "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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| "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek dissappointment. If you are searching for perfection in yourself, then you seek failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Thanks for the wiki link.
But I'd like to wait for more reviews.
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Agreed. I would pay $50 to $100 for this thing if I could use it with wifi and have no data contract. Although, I own apple stock so I would like to see these sell like hotcakes.
John
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