My iPad arrived about 2 hours ago! I've got it synced with a selection of my music and the apps I bought on Thursday, and I'm putting it through its paces right now. Typing in landscape is remarkably comfortable - and that's coming from someone with no previous iPhone training. There will doubtless be a more thorough review later this evening, ( Read more... )

( or, I try to add something useful to the screaming match )

( or, I admit that I was wrong )

( or, a classic chicken-and-egg problem )

( or, why Windows tablets suck. Or something. )

( ...or, why doesn't the iPad have a USB port? Or a webcam? )

In the wake of the iPad announcement, I've been thinking a lot about various aspect of its design and functionality, and I'd like to record my thoughts here in a series of posts. I want them available to the open web, so I won't put them on a filter, but I recognize that this is not an interesting topic to most of the people on my friends list, so ( Read more... )

As a break from the work stuff I'm doing today, some predictions around the Apple iPad:

( For tech geeks only. You won't hurt my feelings if you skip this one. )

The Apple Tablet - excuse me, the iPad - release event is now over, so I'll take a break from the tech blogs, where everybody's shouting about how much it sucks, and register my opinion ( Read more... )