The iPad - A Week in Review

There's been plenty of media saturation of Apple and it's assorted gadgets over the past week, so likely folks could do without more iPad stuff, but I wanted to wrap up the first week with this new device. From here on out, I'll only post on the iPad as warranted.

The performance of the iPad is still fantastic. Crisp navigation without pauses, fast graphical rendering and great video playback. Speaking of video playback, Apple clearly did not skimp on the speaker on this device. While it could be louder given the fact that it points out to the side (or just point it toward the viewer!) when watching video, it has a much wider sonic range than the tinny iPhone speaker. You can actually feel some bass on this baby. 

In addition, even with this giant screen, battery life is very good. It has certainly lived up to the 10 hour+ claims in my experience. I suspect this will be better tested on my next long flight. 

Most of the folks I've shown the device to are quite impressed, though few are willing to part with the dollars needed to purchase it. I suspect the device will really come into its own with the upcoming iPhone 4.0 operating system.

Would I buy it again? Yes. This is the first device in a long while which is useful to me in a lot of little ways. I look for different ways to use it throughout the day and think that there is very much a place for a slate style form factor. The available app count continues to rise and I think I'll be purchasing iWork once they've addressed some of the user issues out there.

I also suspect it will take some time to balance usage between the iPad and the iPhone. This will be even more so when iPhone 4.0 comes out. It should be an interesting time.