After playing with one of the demo units at the Apple Store for a little while and much deliberation, I decided to take the plunge and buy an iPad. The next thing I needed to decide was which model. I’d wandered the App Store earlier in the day and calculated average app size. To be about 10M. That meant 1000 apps would eat about 1G of space on a unit. I don’t plan to load music on the iPad — I have a perfectly good nano for music. I don’t do video, so I don’t need that much storage for content. I decided to go with the 16G model.<\/p>\n
I was mildly disappointed that I had to install iTunes on my laptop before I could even get a screen on the iPad. Word to the wise, you will need some kind of computer to synch the iPad, or it’s a very bad paperweight. <\/p>\n
I’m looking at free apps at this point. I’ve installed a couple of free weather apps, the iBooks app (I don’t anticipate using it), and the WordPress app, which is what I’m typing this entry on. I want to get Thing for iPad, but I’m not thrilled at the $19.99 price tag. I’ll look at select pay apps after I get comfortable with the beastie.<\/p>\n
I put six hundred of my pictures from the laptop on this, and it didn’t dent available space. <\/p>\n
I’m waiting on accessories until I have a chance to do more research. I like the “keyboard.” It does take a little getting used to. I’m not touch typing per se, but I’d rather have this format than trying to type with my thumbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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