Hands on with the iPad
To sit by and just watch one of the most important days in the history of technology pass me by without the least bit of action would be, in my opinion, a catastrophe! So this past Saturday, I set my alarm for 8 am, got a hot cup of Java for the road and headed over to my favorite Apple Store in Las Vegas at Town Square to get a feel for the iPad. Why am I aggrandizing the launch of the iPad? The answer is simple— it makes all of the devices that I’m using now, save for my iPhone, feel obsolete and that they will soon become just that. Soon, millions of people will realize that it is possible to interact with “technology” that gets out of your way so you can enjoy the experience and not be burdened with dusting off instruction manuals and brushing up on your computer science skills. Not to mention, realizing that you can do more things, more conveniently from almost anywhere with the iPad. Here are a few key points I gleaned from my short foray into the world of Apple’s iPad.
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