Thoughts after a day of use
These are some loose thoughts on the first day with the iPad
1. It presents the possibility of a future with devices that live with you instead of around you. It is a far more visceral experience to use this device than a laptop.
2. This will not replace my laptop. My 17″ Macbook Pro is an extension of my desktop. It is a machine for work and engineering. This is a machine for lIving with.
3. It is telling that the OS is version 3.2 even though 3.5 would have made more sense. It seems Apple is saying through a version number that thee software is in a state of potentia. The sdk points to a lot of half done features, like shared file access.
4. Last night I left the device with my parents. They read a story from iBook to my son, surfed the web and played games. They will be getting a 3G one, and I have a feeling maybe two. It took em about a minute to figure the device out.
5. As an engineer of media products, this is an exciting thing indeed. Newspapers however should think more about modeless innovation and less about atomic device specific innovation. One device does not beget a reinvention of a dying model.
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