{"id":8167,"date":"2020-01-28T09:46:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=8167"},"modified":"2020-01-28T09:46:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:46:10","slug":"technology-my-thoughts-on-ipad-ten-years-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2020\/01\/28\/technology-my-thoughts-on-ipad-ten-years-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology: My Thoughts on iPad…Ten Years In"},"content":{"rendered":"

I began my march down memory lane by watching the iPad introduction<\/a> which also happened to be Steve Jobs\u2019 last major product announcement before he passed away. As many know, iPad was the personal touch computer for the rest of us and the iPhone came before it simply due to Apple\u2019s ability to get that to market faster. iPad came before iPhone if you were in a lab in Cupertino in 2004 as a fly on the wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

My first post about iPad came January 29th 2010<\/a>. In it I wrote,\u00a0<\/p>\n

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My plan is to buy the iPad, try it for a month and if I notice that I’m rarely using the MacBook Air (like less than 30 minutes a day), i’ll scrap it and be iPad only but I need to make sure it really truly fits into my life as a justifiable productivity tool. If I still find myself grabbing the MacBook Air instead of the iPad, I’ll sell the iPad.<\/em><\/p>\n

I think the device can do what I need, 10x faster than the iPhone but probably 2x slower than my MacBook Air but the portability and convenience of the iPad and investment if lost or stolen is much more valuable despite the slight drop in productivity.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The iPad is still 2X faster than iPhone (when it\u2019s new) and is computationally on par with a MacBook Pro now but as mentioned in my statement above, the portability is worth the slight drop in productivity and this stands true today.<\/p>\n

On April 5th<\/a>, I used an iPad for the first time,\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Typing with your thumbs in portrait mode is dumb. This thing was meant to sit on your lap in landscape mode when typing.<\/em><\/p>\n

I wish it had a camera (front or rear-facing). It’s thick enough that a camera would fit no problem. I don’t know why Apple didn’t include that.<\/em><\/p>\n

The thing was fast! Everything was instant. I was amazed at just how fast everything was. What an awesome experience.<\/em><\/p>\n

iPhone apps look like crap. At 1x or 2x, they look bad. I won’t be using any iPhone apps on this thing even though iPad apps are so expensive, I don’t care. It’s just bad. Trust me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Everything but the camera comment remains true today.<\/p>\n

My official iPad review<\/a> didn\u2019t come until August, which was released April 3rd but I waited until May to purchase:<\/p>\n

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I think it’s great for kids. It’s great for people who aren’t great with computers. It’s a good casual machine for web research but once you want to tweet out that URL, add it to your blog, add context and attach a photo to that blog post….you’re going to just grab your Mac. Next time you want to make changes to albums you’ve uploaded to Flickr, skype with a friend or write a blog post like I am now, it’s going to be about your Mac. Not iPad.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This also remains true today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before I initiate a recap I wanted to link to a few reviews I\u2019ve posted over the years:<\/p>\n