Posts Tagged ‘Apple iPad’

The iPad will never replace my desktop, but it has already replaced my laptop after just two days.

I love, love, love it!

@JesseLuna said it best: “If HBO was your ‘home box office’, then the iPad is your ‘mobile box office’.”

It’s also a dream for reading, blogging, and managing social media networks on a realistically readable device. (I love my iPhone, but the small screen has its limitations.) I know I will be using my iPad for most of what I do as a non-techie user. I also know I will still need to go to my desktop for large professional projects and probably most photo editing. (More on photos later.)

My setup consists of the iPad, the Apple cover, the Apple Bluetooth keyboard, a stand, and a lap desk. (And sometimes earbuds.) This is perfect for sitting in an armchair. Of course, if I were at a desk or table, I would not need the lap desk. Also, when lounging in bed the stand is too precarious, so I just lay the iPad flat on the lap desk. The Apple cover is made of a grippy rubber material that doesn’t slide around at all, which is awesome.

Being a creature of habit, the first things I tried on my new iPad were all the things I already used on my laptop and/or iPhone: Safari, Gmail, Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Netflix, Scrabble, Momento, iTunes, Wikipanion, and Notes.

Overall, these all worked as well or better than the on the laptop/iPhone. There are a few tiny glitches, where features don’t work the way I expect, but all of them are software issues, which I’m sure will be addressed by the developers.

Aha! moments:

- streaming Netflix in bed (with earbuds) while my husband sleeps

- stocking my iBooks shelves with free texts thanks to Project Gutenberg

- writing this blog post in Pages which I will later email to @JesseLuna

All of these tasks could be done with some other gadget or device, but before now I would have used a separate gadget or device for each activity.

New stuff I love on the iPad: Pages, iBooks ereader, Marvel comics viewer, Toy Story read-along, NPR, USA Today, and ABC viewer. Gorgeous picture quality, leagues better than my (10-year-old) PowerBook. Super-fast over WiFi. Screen size is perfect for personal viewing. So many options – both media and content!

Stuff I haven’t done, yet, because it isn’t supported: Hulu.

Stuff I haven’t done because I haven’t bought the right app(s): games.

A final note on photos: there is a camera connecter accessory, but I didn’t buy it. I simply took photos with my iPhone, emailed them to Flickr. On the iPad I opened the Flickr app, selected my image and saved it to my Photos, then accessed it from there. That works fine for me.

The release of new Apple iPad this weekend means the debut of a new deployment environment for your Web and blog site. Are you ready?

Yes, I have a lot of work to do on this site as well. I have a ton of videos and almost all use Flash in one way or another. As you’ve probably heard, the iPad (like the iPhone) will not support Flash.

But there’s hope, even if you’re not an iPad developer.

Apple has a Preparing Your Web Content for iPad Technical note that can get you on the right track so your site looks fabulous on the new iPads.

So tell me, have you been busy reviewing your blog or site for the iPad deployment? If so, please share what you’re doing to get things ready.

I’m anxiously awaiting the new Apple iPad device. I think it will have a transformative effect on the digital space. Plus, it looks really cool.

These are a few of my favorite iPad-related videos and posts.

Digital Design
This video was posted three months ago when the iPad was still a figment of our imaginations: Bonnier digital table visualization

Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

Publishing
This demo from Penguin Books gives us a glimpse into the future of publishing: First Look: How Penguin Will Reinvent Books With iPad

Wired Magazine’s is going to cannon ball into the iPad world with this new digital format: The Wired Tablet App: A Video Demonstration

Viv Magazine is going “all in” on its new digital format. Is this a magazine or a movie? iPad Magic

VIV Mag Interactive Feature Spread – iPad Demo from Alexx Henry on Vimeo.

Official Apple iPad

Need a constant iPad fix? Join Apple’s official YouTube channel and tune into their latest commercials.

While you’re at it, you may as well join me on YouTube as well!

Ok, which of these videos is your favorite?

The Apple iPad is sure to be a game changer in the digital sphere. But it will have other important uses as well. Enjoy “Apple iPad Moment #645″ – Sunny Day.”

The song in the video is “Sunlight” by Maksym Ponomarchuk via iStockPhoto audio.

The Apple iPad will start shipping in about 3 months and the tech industry is buzzing. Many people were disappointed after the Steve Jobs presentation because they expected a new wizbang technology that just didn’t seem to be there. Others have been cautiously expectant.

I think the iPad will be very successful and Apple will ship 8 million units in 2010 for the following reasons:

1. The iPad will jump all over the Kindle market and greatly expand the mobile reader market
2. The iPad will open up new types of mobile interactive media. It will finally create the first “electronic book” that we have been expecting for years
3. We’re going to see a lot of activity from the developer community in the form of expanded iPhone apps and new iPad applications. People are already coming up with ideas for the next great games.

So there you have it, my prediction for the future of the iPad. In case you’re wondering, I did have a prediction on the iPhone and I was largely wrong. The biggest thing I learned from the iPhone launch was that Apple addresses weakness very quickly.

How do you think the Apple iPad will fare? Will it be wildly successful like the iPhone or fizzle like a Mac Book Air that slides into the envelope of oblivion? Once you blog your prediction, leave a comment here so we can follow up in a few months. Or, if you’re not blogging yet, leave a comment with your prediction and key reason(s).

Are you in?

Photo credit: Apple Computer