I said I'd try it out and let you all know. Basically, it lives up to the hype. This device is amazing. I have a net book, an iPhone, and have used other tablets before but none can compare. The fluidity of the touch interface is like nothing I've used before. Sure, it's a big iPod touch, but that turned out to be a very good thing!

Lying back on my couch here with the iPad is THE best way to surf the net. Flipping around web pages is fast and fun.

This is not a computer! Sure, it has a CPU, but it's not meant to replace your desktop/laptop. I typed this all on the virtual keyboard, it wasn't as bad as I thought, but I'd use a real keyboard to write anything long form. But it can get the job done. Also i keep spelling iPad in this pretentious way due to apple's autocorrect feature.

Also, reading comic books with this is amazing. Goodbye long boxes! Imagine being able to bring hundreds (thousands?) of comics with you on a flight, or a long drive.

Games? So far they're pretty cool. They're mostly ports of iPhone games so far so they're just fancier looking but I expect that future iPad designed games will be even better.

If you don't like apple, or you think it's too expensive, or you don't like the fact that it's missing this or that feature, you should at least give them credit for making something new. Hopefully the competition will come out with some cool android based tablets that will drive down prices and bring these great devices to more people.

I'm just scratching the surface. There's still thousands of other apps and things for me to try out.

it's actually smaller then I expected...

and the closed nature of apple will ALWAYS drive me away.


something new?! err... not really. revisit your history

Reading comics on it would be teh awesomz!

Does it have a comic reader??? like cbr?

I may have to get one just for that lol

you should post this in the ipad hate thread  

I'm hoping to write the first MAACA post while on the toilet.  

I'm just waiting for my morning coffee to kick in !

Quoted from jonny_eh

This is not a computer! Sure, it has a CPU, but it's not meant to replace your desktop/laptop. I typed this all on the virtual keyboard, it wasn't as bad as I thought, but I'd use a real keyboard to write anything long form. But it can get the job done.

Nice to see that it works well....AND I'd love to see a comic on it!

BUT man, if its not going to replace laptops....whats the point! Do we really need another electronic device to add to the collection of things that all do the same thing (Iphone, laptop, desktop, psp, etc, etc, etc.)

Shouldn't your first post have been. "hello world"?

Quoted from jonny_eh

Games? So far they're pretty cool. They're mostly ports of iPhone games so far so they're just fancier looking but I expect that future iPad designed games will be even better.

Ok as a gamer this I take exception with.

My buddy just got an iphone and I was playing with it on the trip to PATZ and my Fiancee has a ipod touch and I've played a few games on there.

Games with a touch interface are the most unintuitive pieces of sh!t I've ever played.  I've never played platforming games with such are horrible interface in my entire life.  Apple's attempt at a touch related game pad FAILS miserably.  I've never been as frustrated with the controls of a game as I was with the games that I played on the touch and phone  and I highly doubt if you are saying that the ipad is just a larger version of both that some how apple miraculously figured out how to make game play better.

Simple games like card games and simon work just fine, but in no way will any apple touch device be able to considered any kind of gaming device.  

But you are a fanboy so I guess I never really expected an objective review on the device anyway, so carry on.  

What's all the hype for, nothing new. Portable gaming? Sega Nomad is God!

What a hilarious nerd!

Quoted from mrniceguy

I'm hoping to write the first MAACA post while on the toilet.  

I'm just waiting for my morning coffee to kick in !

You are 4 years too late. I did that with my laptop while suffering from the stomach flu in 2006. But no worries... It was a shitty post anyways.

Quoted from wbradley

What a hilarious nerd!

I'm trying to figure this guy out. Obviously the persona is a fake but equally obvious is he knows what he's talking about. I think the thing I am getting the most out of it is his self awareness and just taking it over the edge with this ridiculous character.

My wife commented that, that could me on there. I could hardly disagree with her statement, looking around me I couldn't build a good argument against it other than her being here; so I left that one alone.