I bought iPad on the first day of launching in Singapore. How long did I queue for it.... Almost 2 hours.
Why I need iPad? Well, I always like tablet pc especially the HP and Fujitsu, but recent tablet such as from Kohjisha was disappointed, so when Apple announced the launch of Apple, I was excited and I knew I wanted to at least try one. However, I do not wished to fall into the trap of excellent advertisement. I was lucky as my boss got a set from US a couple of weeks after it launched and after playing it for a couple if minutes, my mind and heart concluded that this is the tablet that I needed.
After searching high and low at those parallel importers in Singapore and Hongkong, they do not carry or stock the model I wanted - 64gb wifi and even the 32gb is too expansive.
So I purchased it on the launching day. Mine is 64gb wifi and got I for less than the published price (some discount for queuing)
What I used the iPad for?
A. Keynotes - PowerPoint style presentation and still learning how to use it. So far created one presentation and I quite love it but the learning curve is longer than I expected. One problem was that the files save is keynote/iWork format and PDF, so PPT files need to be converted.
B. Numbers - Spreadsheet for iPad and same as keynotes, need to understand the concept and convert xls into numbers/iWork format.
C. Photo frame - convert ipad into photo frame with music
D. iBook - this is my favorite apps. It can open epub and PDF file. Convert some of my magazine into PDF and now I can bring all my magazine and my tintin collection with me. Next stop convert all my Asterix and Obelix series :)
E. Photo editing - no time yet, but tried some of the apps and thing this will be useful for all my photos
G. Games - no so much into the gaming but my son loves it
H. Movie - DVD converted to mpeg4 was great on iPad but divx movies converted to mpeg4 movies were horrible, look like need to reconvert all my DVD again :(
I. Internet and web TV - this is also great when I need to read some news and surf online.
J. Email - another great stuff on iPad
K. Organizer - great tool to use as diary/organizer. The apps used was Pocket Informant. It can link to outlook/google for calendar. Nice todo screen.
Well that after a month of iPad usage. Next, will be which hardware to buy, guess the answer is simple: camera connectivity kit. Is actually put a USB connector for iPad.
Other useful hardware is the keyboard and docking station.
Will update hardware review after I tested/bought it.
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