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So I am in the fortunate position of being able to test out my wife’s iPad. I just got it synced for the first time with my iTunes account, installed the existing apps from my iPhone (i haven’t bought any new apps yet), and am now charging it. I’m writing this on the WordPress app, which is surprisingly a heck of a lot better using the iPad’s virtual keyboard than trying to bang out any amount of substantial text on my iPhone.
The first thing I want to find out is if I’d actually use one of these things. Being the owner of a MacBook and an iPhone, I’m having a little trouble finding out exactly how I’d use this for anything other than entertainment. However, I can already see that it’s not to shabby for writing me some blog posts.
Other initial impressions in the brief two hours I’ve been using it: screen is gorgeous; touch sensitivity seems much more responsive than my phone, probably because of the larger screen; I wouldn’t mind if the whole thing was an inch or two bigger because my hands feel just a tad large, making typing a little odd because they cover up a large portion of the keyboard; it’s really, really lightweight; and it’s worth repeating – the screen is gorgeous.
That’s all for now. Looking forward to trying outcome iPad-specific apps tomorrow. I think this WordPress app is the same one on my phone, so I’d think its resolution would be doubled (or scaled up in some way), but I can’t tell. Everything is crystal clear, and the menus have reconfigured themselves to be more inline with the layout of the iPad. I’ll have to check it out in more detail tomorrow…
