A New Gadget: What Do I Think?
It’s been almost 2 months since I got it but here I am announcing it to the world: I got an iPad! I think if I wrote about it the day I got it, the result would be inane flubber trying to disguise itself as a post. But since I’ve had some time to work and play with it at home and at work, I could write something of reasonable quality.
The biggest reason I decided to get an iPad in the first place is because I wanted a way to access all of my documents, files, schedules, and all sort of other related “stuff” from a convenient and portable device. For some time, my iPhone has been device of choice but when a 1.5lb, 0.5″ thin, 9.7″ screen gadget came out that would sync with my life, I couldn’t give up the chance. Sure it wasn’t my first reaction to the iPad (my first was, “Umm, it’s a giant iPod Touch…?”) but after gathering some opinions, demoing my friend’s, seeing it in the Apple Store, I concluded that this was something I’d like to get.
After using it for the past month or so at work, I’ve had an event to run and knowing where my staff are at any given time, helping students with documents that I have on the iPad, and being able to check the internet for facts and figures have all been amazing. I love having access to all of these things at the touch of a button and have it be something that’s comfortable, portable and usable. I’m looking forward to more uses for it as it’s still being used as a work tool and here and there as an awesome touchscreen gaming device. I’ve also had many conversations with random people asking me, “Is that the iPad?!” – from young kids wowing over Tap Tap Revolution, to senior computer science students chatting with me about being at the threshold of major technological changes because of this one device. Needless to say, the vibe is great.
I could go on about my life with the iPad but I think I’ll reserve those thoughts for future posts. For now, let’s just say that I have it and I really enjoy having it!
