More on iPad<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n- \n\t\t\t\t\t\tDay One: 300,000 iPads Sold<\/a><\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMac Love<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n- \n\t\t\t\t\t\tiPhone vs. iPad: Do Games Really Scale That Well?<\/a><\/span>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMac Love<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n- \n\t\t\t\t\t\tWalkthrough: Initial iPad Setup<\/a><\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMac Love<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\nWeldon Dodd<\/h3>\n
The iPad just might deserve the \u201cmagical\u201d moniker. This device is an absolute joy to hold and use. It feels very responsive and quite fast compared to an iPhone. I fired up the Netflix app and started a movie, launched the\u00a0ABC\u00a0Player app and watched a show and I felt like I was visiting the future. Can\u2019t wait for Hulu. I think Apple got the screen size just right and the orientation lock was a better choice than the original mute switch. Native apps are wonderful, but iPhone apps on iPad are only so-so (especially true for games).<\/p>\n
I think the iPad will highlight the importance of good UX design in software. There is just enough room on the screen that well designed interfaces are going to shine on the iPad. It was possible to scoot by with a simple, list-based UI on the iPhone. That approach will not cut it here. The early efforts on native apps like Omnigraffle and Twitterrific for iPad (amazing to think that they were designed with only a simulator) show just how good native iPad software can be.<\/p>\n
Alex Layne<\/h3>\n
The interface is incredibly responsive and video playback is immediate. The virtual keyboard is a lot better than I expected; typing is faster than on my iPod touch, especially in landscape mode. It\u2019s also heavier than I expected and my arms got a little tired in the five minutes that I played with it, but they weren\u2019t falling off. The hardware is sleek: Imagine taking the screen off a MacBook Pro and adding some thickness.<\/p>\n
Kevin Keheley<\/h3>\n
First thoughts are this thing is heavy. It has some weight to it and takes a minute to figure out the best way to hold it. Second, it makes my iPhone look tiny after using the iPad for a while then move to the iPhone. Third, fast. The iPad screams with the speed. Snappy and loads things super quick. Fourth, my new favorite app,\u00a0ABC\u00a0Player. Great quality video and the speed is again fast. Fifth, non-iPad apps look like garbage. The look of these apps makes me not want not want to use them. iDisk and Gallery apps are great examples of how these iPhone apps do not look great on the iPad. It is a neat idea that Apple used to blow the size of the apps up to fit the iPad screen but I think that it makes the apps less appealing on the iPad.<\/p>\n
A few things I really like on the OS. When you plug in the iPad you get a pop up window on the lock screen that tells you the percent the battery is charged. Nifty little addition. The screen rotation switch is amazing. The speakers are not awful like I thought they would be. The last is the little flower icon on the lock screen, a nice touch to make the iPad a picture frame while it is docked and charging.<\/p>\n
Mark Crump<\/h3>\n
The screen is never better than I had imagined. I have no problems withe the virtual keyboard and can even thumb type in landscape mode. It\u2019s very fast and responsive.\u00a0The Zinio app is amazing. It\u2019s the virtual magazine reader I\u2019ve always wanted. I\u2019m less happy Apple is apparently censoring what Zinio can display in the device.\u00a0I\u2019m finding Pages to be harder to figure out than I expected. It seems not very Apple-ey, in that there is an extra step to complete a task. I\u2019m also not thrilled you can\u2019t create your own templates, and moving files isn\u2019t intuitive. I\u2019m also amazed it doesn\u2019t support iDisk.<\/p>\n
iPhone apps in 2x mode look like crap.<\/p>\n
So far all I have been doing has been content consumption. I\u2019m looking forward to creating content this week.<\/p>\n
Josh Pigford<\/h3>\n
As others have mentioned, my first impression was that the iPad felt a lot heavier than I expected. Sure, we all knew that it weighed in at 1.5 pounds but I know I didn’t have any sort of real idea of how it felt to hold a device with that weight. I still haven’t figured out a really good way to hold the device for reading.<\/p>\n
The device is blazing fast and all the iPad-specific apps I’ve tried have been beautiful. iPhone apps blown up on the iPad look awful. But those few issues aside, it’s just plain fun to use.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMac Love<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMac Love<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMac Love<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMac Love<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
Weldon Dodd<\/h3>\n
The iPad just might deserve the \u201cmagical\u201d moniker. This device is an absolute joy to hold and use. It feels very responsive and quite fast compared to an iPhone. I fired up the Netflix app and started a movie, launched the\u00a0ABC\u00a0Player app and watched a show and I felt like I was visiting the future. Can\u2019t wait for Hulu. I think Apple got the screen size just right and the orientation lock was a better choice than the original mute switch. Native apps are wonderful, but iPhone apps on iPad are only so-so (especially true for games).<\/p>\n
I think the iPad will highlight the importance of good UX design in software. There is just enough room on the screen that well designed interfaces are going to shine on the iPad. It was possible to scoot by with a simple, list-based UI on the iPhone. That approach will not cut it here. The early efforts on native apps like Omnigraffle and Twitterrific for iPad (amazing to think that they were designed with only a simulator) show just how good native iPad software can be.<\/p>\n
Alex Layne<\/h3>\n
The interface is incredibly responsive and video playback is immediate. The virtual keyboard is a lot better than I expected; typing is faster than on my iPod touch, especially in landscape mode. It\u2019s also heavier than I expected and my arms got a little tired in the five minutes that I played with it, but they weren\u2019t falling off. The hardware is sleek: Imagine taking the screen off a MacBook Pro and adding some thickness.<\/p>\n
Kevin Keheley<\/h3>\n
First thoughts are this thing is heavy. It has some weight to it and takes a minute to figure out the best way to hold it. Second, it makes my iPhone look tiny after using the iPad for a while then move to the iPhone. Third, fast. The iPad screams with the speed. Snappy and loads things super quick. Fourth, my new favorite app,\u00a0ABC\u00a0Player. Great quality video and the speed is again fast. Fifth, non-iPad apps look like garbage. The look of these apps makes me not want not want to use them. iDisk and Gallery apps are great examples of how these iPhone apps do not look great on the iPad. It is a neat idea that Apple used to blow the size of the apps up to fit the iPad screen but I think that it makes the apps less appealing on the iPad.<\/p>\n
A few things I really like on the OS. When you plug in the iPad you get a pop up window on the lock screen that tells you the percent the battery is charged. Nifty little addition. The screen rotation switch is amazing. The speakers are not awful like I thought they would be. The last is the little flower icon on the lock screen, a nice touch to make the iPad a picture frame while it is docked and charging.<\/p>\n
Mark Crump<\/h3>\n
The screen is never better than I had imagined. I have no problems withe the virtual keyboard and can even thumb type in landscape mode. It\u2019s very fast and responsive.\u00a0The Zinio app is amazing. It\u2019s the virtual magazine reader I\u2019ve always wanted. I\u2019m less happy Apple is apparently censoring what Zinio can display in the device.\u00a0I\u2019m finding Pages to be harder to figure out than I expected. It seems not very Apple-ey, in that there is an extra step to complete a task. I\u2019m also not thrilled you can\u2019t create your own templates, and moving files isn\u2019t intuitive. I\u2019m also amazed it doesn\u2019t support iDisk.<\/p>\n
iPhone apps in 2x mode look like crap.<\/p>\n
So far all I have been doing has been content consumption. I\u2019m looking forward to creating content this week.<\/p>\n
Josh Pigford<\/h3>\n
As others have mentioned, my first impression was that the iPad felt a lot heavier than I expected. Sure, we all knew that it weighed in at 1.5 pounds but I know I didn’t have any sort of real idea of how it felt to hold a device with that weight. I still haven’t figured out a really good way to hold the device for reading.<\/p>\n
The device is blazing fast and all the iPad-specific apps I’ve tried have been beautiful. iPhone apps blown up on the iPad look awful. But those few issues aside, it’s just plain fun to use.<\/p>\n
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