{"id":1417,"date":"2010-04-16T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T08:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2010-04-08T18:31:41","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T02:31:41","slug":"my-hands-on-ipad-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=1417","title":{"rendered":"My Hands-On iPad Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI finally got to play with an iPad, and it makes me so glad that I didn’t buy one!
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\nMy local Best Buy doesn’t have an Apple center, but recently I happened upon a Best Buy in another town and, lo, they had a swath of iPads out for people to play with.<\/p>\n

There were lots of folks there who were playing with the iPad. No one bought one. I don’t blame them.<\/p>\n

The first thing I learned about the iPad in person that I’d never guess from seeing one online is that it’s way too small. For some reason, I assumed that the iPad was about the size of a sheet of paper, about 8-by-11 inches. Or at least the screen was about as big as my ThinkPad’s screen, just under 11 inches.<\/p>\n

Wrong!<\/p>\n

The iPad is doinky. In fact, if Apple came out with a larger iPad, I might be interested . Yet, my hopes were dashed when I just read<\/a> that Apple is coming out with an even smaller<\/em> iPad in the future.<\/p>\n

Another iPad reality that I’m reading about is what I call the post-product introduction Chorus of Disappointment. It’s a tradition for any early adopter of Apple’s stuff.<\/p>\n

I paid $600 for my original iPhone. I wanted the phone, so I was willing to part with the money, but that was way, way<\/em> too much. Plus the original iPhone had no third party software, no video capture, plus a lot of missing features. So despite my excitement and need, I was disappointed in the first iPhone.<\/p>\n

Apparently the early adopters for the iPad are having trouble accessing Wi-Fi networks. Also, the hoops and hurdles you must clear to get files transferred between your main computer and the iPad are an impediment. That leads me to my ultimate iPad complaint:<\/p>\n

The iPad is not a computer. It’s not even half a laptop. Sure, it was fun to play with while I was in Best Buy, but that was about it. I really couldn’t see myself walking home with one or even finding a purpose for the thing. But at least I could say that I did get a change to play with one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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