Apple’s latest gadget has just been released, and many people are already in their homes enjoying the comfort and accessibility of the internet and digital media in their brand new touch screen tablet, the Apple iPad.
This lightweight, stylish, 10 inch touch screen tablet fits perfectly well on top of an office table, beside a computer, the kitchen counter, your coffee table and virtually everywhere in the house. Apple’s new device may feel like a shrunk down computer in terms of usage, but it certainly seems more like an interactive magazine than anything else.
The iPad comes with a nice big 9.7 inch touch screen display, and it is this huge screen that gives the tablet its advantage over smart phones. Browsing on a mobile phone is one thing, but it will always feel like internet-lite as opposed to actually being able to enjoy the net. At the same time netbooks and computers tend to be cumbersome and even the smallest netbook will require you to find a place to set it down to use properly.
As one might expect, accessibility is the key advantage of the iPad –with its small size, you can use it almost anywhere at home, and you can also use it anytime thanks to the 10 hour battery life. Indeed, Apple has been able to finally pull off a device that has a great battery life. Many users are now claiming that their iPad are even able to go beyond the regular 10 –reaching up to 11 and 11 & half an hour.
Of course, the device has its own drawbacks, the most obvious of all is the fact that all if the iPad’s impressive features (aside from the battery) is a given for any tablet devices that will be competing against it. In fact, Apple’s lack of Flash support will leave them as the only manufacturer that lacks one important media format –while all other operating systems such as Android will be supporting Adobe’s web format.
