iPadThoughts

… got an iPad 2, all shiny and new, but then … not so much!

Head to CNET for an interesting App comparison of 20 popular non-game Apps that have both iPhone and iPad versions, including comparison screen shots:

My un-measured speed testing of the Apple iPad (using it!) suggest that it’s pretty quick at loading web pages, but can be sluggish accessing the iTunes App (of course maybe that’s due to all the new iPad owners accessing the Apps together!) An excellent iPad review over at AnandTech includes a web page rendering speed [...]

I’ve had my iPad a few days now, long enough to have a happy opinion of it; I have a few negative feelings, but they’re mostly related to third party Apps or websites that don’t (yet) perform perfectly – for example, the Google Reader website is quite disappointing right now (but I’m certain it’ll get [...]

A great read, from Gizmodo: To call the iPad a big iPhone is both truth and disservice, belying the simple fact that changing the screen size really does change everything … One of the ways it’s fundamentally different from the iPhone is that the interface and software are now truly designed to be used equally [...]

For a thorough, positive, and intelligent review of the iPad, find a few minutes to enjoy Andy Ihnatko’s “zero day” write-up at Chicago Sun-Times: Apple promises that the iPad will run for ten hours on a single charge. And well, I’ll be damned: I was able to get in a full day’s use out of [...]