iPad: My First Impressions
Oooo! Shiny! Having unpacked my precious and activated it in the Apple Store, and then left, one happy customer, I had to wait a bit to try it out. I’ve installed a bunch of things on it already: iWorks, among others (I’ll put up a more complete list sometime over the weekend). So, what is it like? It’s… Wait for it… (cue Barney Stinson) Awesome!!! The built-in keyboard works fine for me, I can type almost as fast as on my “real” keyboard at home. Almost, because the layout is slightly different from the normal Mac keyboard, but also from the iPhone keyboard — so it’s going to take some getting used to. The screen is gorgeous. I was worried that, being only 1024 x 768, it would feel constrained like it does on my netbook but no, the lack of interface clutter makes it feel a lot larger than it actually is. I have to go and have a little lie-down now, the excitement is too much for me (actually, get back to serious things like work). More later, I promise!
