We haven't bought an Ipad yet, but are considering one.
Mrs 'D's' work entails lots of reading bundles of committee reports etc, often running into 500-600 pages per week. having these documents sent to her electronically would make life a littler simpler in that there is no physical storage issue, no need to carry ream upon ream of paperwork around with her and it is all legible on a fair sized screen. (If Apple worked out a 'reading' function such a Kindle has, where the device reads the document to you, she'd be laughing!)
I could read my daily newspaper on the Ipad ~ especially useful when on holiday or away from home and a) you have to find a newsagents and b) hope that they accept your pre-paid subscription vouchers. My 'daily' also offers extra services on an Ipad such as more mind-games, Sudoku and crosswords so that would be handy.
If there were some kind of diary or contacts capability then you could use it as a desk companion, always useful if you're constantly on the go.
I guess that you could watch films and the like on it but then it just becomes an expensive dvd player?
You could load the thing up with '000's of photographs but then it's just a digital phot frame and why would you want to carry personal photographs around with you?
Although the screen size is in itself an asset, it can also be a drawback. Not exactly portable is it? I mean, you can carry it quite easily as it is very light, but you can't exactly slip it into a pocket now, can you?
Horses for courses. There has to be a trade-off and only you can determine, for your circumstances, whether the cost and practicalities make the Ipad a viable proposition.
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Topic: iPad
