Comments on: Apple iPad Makes Internet More Packaged and Consumable

By: Tuan Koinzan

Tuan Koinzan — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:44:46 +0000

Fingers down, Apple’s app store wins by a mile. It’s a massive collection of all kinds of apps vs a rather sad assortment of a handful for Zune. Microsoft has options, specially in the realm of video games, but I’m not guaranteed I’d want to wager on the long term if this factor is vital to you. The iPod is a significantly far better selection in that situation.

By: Charnell Lucich

Charnell Lucich — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:07:07 +0000

I received the iPad the day it was launched and today, I use it more than my laptop. I was definitely skeptical, day one. My first thought was that it was just another ‘toy’ and I didn’t see much use for it.

After downloading a lot of productivity apps, setting up my e-mail (both personal and work), it’s now become the gadget that allows (read: forces) me to be most productive. How? Because you can only use one app at a time. No multitasking here – and more often than not, that’s a good thing.

Many of us spend our entire days switching between e-mail, social sites – Twitter, FaceBook, MS Word, Spreadsheets, anything we need to work. But how much do we really accomplish by doing this? With my iPad, I knock out one task at a time and by the end of the day..I’ve completed multiple tasks that I probably would’ve never gotten done had I been on my laptop.

It drove me crazy and I felt very limited at first for sure. Today, I take it everywhere I travel instead of my laptop or reach for it first if I have something important that I need to get done.

By: Luci

Luci — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:18:44 +0000

I’m withholding judgement on the iPad for a little while longer. I think it will either take off like a rocket, or sink like a lead balloon because once again new apps will be needed – and they will need to be brilliant. Having a WSJ app is all well and good if you read it… it’s not so handy for users in the UK (for example).