iPad First Impressions

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Yes, I admit it… I was one of those people that said “What do I need a giant iPad touch for?”, when I first learned about the iPad. And for weeks following, I kept reading about how people were amazed at this revolutionary “magical” device. I kept seeing apps appear for the app store that I already had on my iPhone, and thought “Why do I need a bigger version of that app?”

And then a few things caught my attention…

Sidebar: This is not a review of everything that the iPad is (there’s plenty of reviews on the web if you search for them) but this article is mainly “my reasons” for getting an iPad. BTW, I bought the iPad 64GB 3G model :)

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Apple iPad – Who is it for?

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Apple released their highly anticipated tablet today called the iPad and as expected it’s crazy-mind blowing, the only question I have is, “who would benefit from a device like this?”

Without getting into all the specifications, you can get them here what does the iPad do best? The iPad seems to really shine when surfing the web, looking at photos, accessing your email, looking at information like your calendar, watching movies and even playing iPhone App based games. The iPad also has a seamless interface like the iPhone and iPod Touch that literally takes the learning curve out of using a product like this. These are all important things, but what about using it for other possible day to day operations like photo importing and editing, word processing, video editing, audio recording, graphics and web design, video conferencing and even more…

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