In a surprising for pretty much everyone, including myself, turn of events I’ve arrived to a decision that I want an iPad.My 30th birthday is coming up in less than a week and I kept getting questions about what I would like to get for it. And over the past weekend it kind of dawned on me. I wouldn’t buy one myself as I don’t really have a need for it, but getting it as a present changes everything. I asked my parents and my sister what my budget range is and it turns out that it’s exactly what I would need to get an iPad.
This is where the easy part ends and the “agony” begins. I have a lot of questions that I’m trying to answer and I have a lot of things to weight. The biggest question is this — do I get one now and get instant gratification or do I try really hard to be patient and wait for a 2nd generation? Below are my thoughts on the topic. Continue Reading
August 27, 2010 @ 10:33
#1: Try hard to be patient and wait for the next gen. Being used to iPhone 4′s screen, iPad’s screen will make you wan’t to smash it.
#2: Typing on an iPad is a frustrating experience, and physically straining, because you have to keep your fingers in the air the whole time, motionless so that you don’t shift away from the keyboard. That’s why I discourage using it for long posts and for SSH sessions. For short posts and *emergency* SSH sessions, it’s fine. (But then again, so is iPhone).
#3: For photo editing, all depends on the software. It will likely not have anything close to the capabilities of Photoshop.
#4: I personally wouldn’t spring the extra $130 for 3G and GPS. I can’t think of many situations where you would really need either. It’s indoor-bound by design. You always have WiFi at home, at work, and in hotels. You always know where you are in those places, and the GPS will likely not even work indoors. The only reason to get these that I can think of would be for doing some social networking whilst in a park or camping. Oh, and it’s a necessity if you want to stream pr0n outdoors, but I don’t think iPad supports that very well, and it’ll be really slow on 3G.
#5: As a conclusion to my 5 part essay
, I’d like to theorize that the iPad will become Arosha’s favourite toy shortly after its appearance, and will be used primarily for that purpose. 
August 27, 2010 @ 11:56
#1: Maybe not smash it, but close to it. I have the same urges with iPhone 3GS as I noted in the post.
#2: Yes, obviously a touch screen is a touch screen. iPad does support Apple’s wireless Bluetooth keyboard. But even its touch screen is much more usable for this than that of an iPhone.
And I never do have long typing session on vacations. Even less with SSH if I’m lucky.
#3: We’re on the same page here. I have no delusions about that.
#4: Well, here I’m remembering myself sitting in Death Valley, looking at maps and trying to figure out which turns I have to take on iPhone screen. A bigger screen would be a huge help on road trips like that.
And I again disagree with your 3G assessment. I’ve had great success using 3G all over the country and as I said before I did all my complicated road trips with iPhone Google maps and nothing else.
#5: Hmm. There you go, another reason to get one!
Summary: It really makes sense to wait. It also is going to be very hard.
August 29, 2010 @ 09:03
We are waiting for version 2. Then we are getting it for Audrey.
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