Review: Apple iPad
During our week of spring break, Apple came out with its newest and greatest advancement. This device is called the iPad, a highly anticipated piece of technology. Jordan, one of my other friends, and I went on a little trip up to Minneapolis to go to MOA and the casino, we were pleasantly surprised to find out that this device was coming out on the day we were leaving to come back to Rochester. We all then decided to come back a take a peek at this device before we left.
We could tell that iPad had plenty of buyers by the empty waiting lines that seemed to go on forever. When I realized that this device was going to set someone back $500, I couldn’t see how someone would want one. That was before I actually got to examine one for myself. 
Essentially the iPad is a giant iPod Touch, it can do everything the touch can do, but in some cases even better. The iPad has a 9.7 inch LED screen, about 3 times bigger than the Touch and its content is given an update. A user can now edit PowerPoint’s, see everything bigger, create a library of books, and much more. The iPad is pretty much a full blown computer that looks like an enlarged iPod Touch. The virtual keyboard it has is surprisingly wonderful; I don’t think I misspelled a single word while I was playing with it.
There are some flaws to the giant iPad; one of those is its size. You can’t really take this device anywhere except for around the house and you can definitely not fit it in any one of your pockets. The price alone would turn me off to this device, but I know for a fact that eventually the price will come down and Apple will release newer ones that are even better. One factor Apple forgot about is the need for a camera, now a day most electronics have a camera and this one does not. Also for the visual quality the iPad has its apps aren’t even full screen and are definitely not in HD.
For more information visit: http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/ (Picture also from here)
Yeah dude I totally want one of these, but I'm going to play the wait and see game. The iPad would be so awesome for movies especially if they were in HD. I'll wait for the newer versions though. The first usually always. for lack of a better word, suck.
I like how you described your experience with the ipad. I have heard some info here and there, but not from anyone who got to try it out. Nice job!
I personally did not like the look of the iPad, because I felt like it was an un-needed additon to the apple lineup...but people are giving it rave reviews so I might have to reconsider!
-Keenan
I like the idea of the ipad but it seems to be a unneeded piece of tec. You can just get a normall computer to do al the stuff from word to power point. If you want a touch screen just get a normal tablet computer.