I quite like the idea of an IPad, but am not really sure what I would use it for that I can't use my laptop for. Is there anything which makes the Ipad superior?
I plan on getting an iPad and will primarily use it to take & store all my pictures. (I know -- a rather expensive photo album.) But now I've got pictures on cameras, laptops, desktops, etc. I think it would be nice to have them all in one place that I could easily carry with me to show pictures to others.
Plus, I understand there are lots of cool apps that I can get (e.g., an app that scans the UPC code of a product and automatically searches the Web for that product's best price).
I think I'll be able to rationalize, er, justify getting one.
can never imagine my parents getting an ipad lolReason that they "get" the iPad, but not laptops. It makes life a little easier.
can never imagine my parents getting an ipad lol
My parents are one of the least tech-savvy people on the planet, but somehow, the iPad has changed that for them. Now, they're emailing, watching Netflix online, etc. It's crazy.
Well, we went ahead and got an iPad yesterday, and today I have buyer's remorse. First there's the insane cost of the device. Then we bought a camera kit so we could download pix from the camera onto it. We of course then had to buy an adapter so that the camera kit would work on the newest iPad (with the "lightning" port). Finally (?) I had to buy a USB transfer cable to transfer stuff from my PC to the iPad. (Perhaps I could use iCloud -- I'll have to investigate that before I open the package for the transfer cable.)
Plus, it seems the most worthwhile apps will require an Internet connection, which is fine when I'm at home in my WiFi space, but to use a cellular connection outside of WiFi would cost another $20/month. Well, I'm determined to at least get my pictures on there! Apple stuff seems to be a big money pit.
We did not consider other tablets because we've been sucked into the marketing hype that says the iPad is the ultimate tablet. Let's face it, Apple at least has a reputation for producing decent stuff.Did you consider any of the other Tablets on the market(admittedly, prescription ones might be advised after your mega spend), I have glanced at some of them but am not really sure how they compare to the Ipad.
I would interested to know how you get on with your Ipad in the coming weeks and find out if it was worth it.
Well it's been almost two weeks, and I must admit that I don't have as much buyer's remorse as I did when I first got the iPad. Both my wife and I have been using it a lot since we got it, and I thought I'd post what we're using it for. As I said before, it would be better to have a cellular-capable tablet, but who can afford to spend yet another $130 more up-front plus at least an additional $20/month? (Coughing up the extra money, though, would let us use some cool features like the GPS, real-time traffic, and finding the best Internet price on items while at the store.) So, we're using the Internet-required features from our (WiFi-enabled) home, and we try to store things locally for when we'll not be on a network.
So far, we are using it for:
- Storing pictures
- Google searches
- You Tube
- Access to our web Email accounts
- Google Maps
- Bible reading (btw, there's a version of e-Sword for the iPad, but it costs something like $5, so I only use it on my laptop)
- Playing Words With Friends and other games
- Weather lookup
- Borrowing and reading eBooks from the library
- Buying and reading eBooks
- Reading USA Today and doing its crosswords
- Wikipedia reading
- Web surfing
Really, not much that can't be done from my laptop, but the iPad is a bit faster. However, a tradeoff is it's much easier to type on the laptop. (I'm a touch typist, but if you're a hunt-and-peck person this may not be a big deal to you.)
So I'd say the iPad is mostly a convenient toy with eBook-reading capabilities.
I don't know if it's worth the money, but then are any toys?