Well, I finally got my hands on a iPad and so far it has been interesting. I am working with a faculty member at work exploring the educational possibilities. We are exploring the options for both the instructor and student with many information communication technologies to enhance the teaching learning experience. So, how could we overlook the iPad.

for just under a week I have been exploring the options of the iPad and more specify the applications. While the iPad is a very nice piece of hardware it is also very much a software experience. Without the software it would be very limited, similar to the Android tablet that are currently on the market.

The software has been great from a consumer level. The news apps that I have used are great example of where the publishing world is going. The games are fun as well, but not my main focus. Surfing on the iPad is smooth and natural, minus of course the Flash content. I personally do not miss this as I find it a bothersome technology quite often. In many cases developers like to push it because it is easier to track users and serve ads to users. But they do not tell you this when critic knock Apple for omitting it from iOS.

Overall the iPad is a great portable consumption device the jury is still out on the usability for portable production. As I look to starting a graduate program in the fall, I would love to leverage this as a research tool. We will see how well that goes.

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