Anyone have an iPad?

i love it...i use it for a multitude of minor things and occasions, but the more prominent ones are when i'm couch surfing and when i'm taking a shit
 


I had one. It was really awesome and all, but it was useless after the wow factor wore off. A laptop is just so much better. I was an idiot for buying it in the first place but it was such a great deal off Craigslist that I couldn't resist. I sold it a few months later and actually made a profit off of it. :D I don't use my phone for anything but calling as the screen is so tiny it's useless. The Ipad solved that but it just wasn't worth carrying it around. A laptop is only a bit less convenient to carry around yet it offers so much more. But when I'm at home I never use my laptop. I strongly prefer a nice desktop with a 24" screen or larger. The 18.4" screen on my laptop is big for a laptop, but not nearly big enough for me compared to the awesome monitors I use on my desktops.
 
From a student's perspective, I find it incredibly useful. I use a tablet PC as my main computer at school for note taking, writing on profs' slides, etc. I use the iPad for:

1) I downloaded a bunch of textbooks and loaded them onto the iPad, which saved me pretty much the cost of the thing.

2) I use it as a 2nd display when studying, so I can load up PDFs or PPTs on it to scroll through. With 4.2 installed, the ability to flip back and forth between things (you know, multitasking!) is very helpful.

3) I keep it with me pretty much everywhere as the Dropbox app has all of my work sync'd so I can quickly take some notes, or just read up on things.

4) It's great for media consumption... I have a whole bunch of Med blogs that I read compiled into a Twitter list, and then Flipboard brings down all of the links these guys post into a newspaper-style feed. Keeps my Google Reader free for other stuff. Also, TED.com vids when I have spare time. Enough said.

Having used one for a couple of months I would definitely say it's not for everyone but if you're a heavy "consumer" of media, it's an excellent device.
 
Basically, i owned two iPads, owned an iPad site (which was sold to ipad.net), and all I can say is....

meh.

Sold the iPads. You really can't get any REAL work done with it. For fun, yes, it may be worth it. But don't even think about using it for real work, Unless you have the keyboard accessory, which eliminates the mobility of the iPad.

Seriously, get a galaxy tab that's coming out. Compatitable with flash, has android OS, camera, basically everything the iPad Doesn't have. Galaxy Tab News | Galaxy Tab Apps | Reviews | Galaxy Tablet is my new site, you can read some news there (shameless plug).
 
Never used Apple stuff until recently. Bought an ipad for a road trip.

It's amazing in some ways, but total crap in others - no flash - load 1 web page at a time? - no find. Plus side: apps for everything, best fucking gps I've ever seen, easy to tote around, quick to boot - useful constantly when your on the go.

I'm looking for a netbook or small laptop for travel. If you have an iphone and a laptop - you probably aren't gonna get much out of an ipad - 'cept a giant badass GPS.

The ipad isn't a work machine (for IM). It's also not necessarily a toy - it's more of a convenience. But hell, I bought just so I'd have a giant fucking GPS and for that purpose, it is awesome. All the other shit it does is just a small bonus.
 
Summary of all of the replies above:

If you buy it thinking it is a full blown computer or even going remotely replace a computer you will be sorely disappointed by it. You will return it and say it sucks. And you would be right. It sucks at replacing a computer.

If you buy it and use it for what it was actually intended you will be happy and fall in love with it. Great to CONSUME content. Read, watch movies, RSS feeds, games, etc.
 
DON'T BUY IT. You will spoil your potty habit.

I used it for a lot of things like reading on the Plane, Subway, etc.. But primarily I have replaced the Toilet reading with it. And now I fucking "shit" for half an hour every morning. Till my legs go numb, that is..

If you get it, don't even think of taking it to the toilet.
 
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It is only useful for business trips and travelling. Other than that, I think it's super useless. Nothing can beat a high end PC that enables you to do a lot of stuffs, from gaming to editing, and many other things. Plus, the regular PC has a bigger memory capacity. It's a lot easier to fix too, since you can easily open the system unit and do the tinkering if you know what I mean.
 
ipads cannot even keep up with day light savings without screwing up... It is like the internet... its a FAD... I give it 3 months tops... :p

Any it equipment that is Apple today is PC based anyways... they are slowly dragging everyone back to the real world of PC's... Go Intel :p
 
I see no reason to get a iPad over a tablet PC or the latter.

Apple products are too expensive for such little functionality.
 
Rocks for consuming movies on a plane. Also it's great for games. Most of them aren't advanced like COD or anything like that. But for fun time killer games it's great.
 
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