iPad – First Impression

The first time I heard about the iPad, I thought it was a joke. I eventually discovered it was a real product so I snickered at the name.

I thought to myself that it is a funny path for Apple to pun its own line of digital products. But then I realized that it is in reality a a very nifty notion for a product.

First, iPad is undeniably sticky— it sounds like Apple’s eponymous digital genius, the iPod, which has spawned a line of its own, starting from the classic edition to its more advanced babies such as the iPod Touch.

The most common reaction to people who have encountered the iPad for the initially is a variety of surprise and pleasant confusion: ‘Huh? Did I hear you right? Did you say it with an eh or an ah?’ That’s why it sticks to one’s mind as the moment you hear it, you start to consider it.

Next, the iPad lives up to its name—and I just do not mean the Apple brand. It is very literal that it is nearly funny. I remember when I first heard about it, after I got over its pronunciation issue, I thought about its appearance. My friend told me that the iPad resembles a clipboard or a tablet, and I just couldn’t think that it was going to look like that. In some way, we all got used to the fancy and metaphorical model names of gadgets that when we come across something so bluntly named, it is just incredible.

The iPad looks like a homogeny of a slate, a thick pad of paper, a clipboard, a tablet, and a binder cardboard. One of its greatest features is that you are able to use it as if it genuinely is a clipboard cradled on the crook of your arm. It works on a touchscreen interface, which eliminates the need for a keyboard or a pen, thus freeing the hands. Yet, unlike most touchscreen gadgets, the iPad is a multi-touch device: that suggests you can pinch, drag, and tap two visual objects on the screen with your fingers simultaneously. It is a lightweight gadget at 68 grams and 13.4 millimeters thick.

Consider it as a giant iPod Touch with the skills to create documents via iWork, which is Apple’s office program that enables its users to produce slide presentations, word documents, spreadsheets, and the like. The iPad can store and play music and videos through iTunes. It in addition has Wi-Fi capabilities; consequently, you can experience seamless Internet surfing, chat, and email.

An iPod will have you squinting at the screen to have a look while the iPad provides a large enough screen to properly enjoy videos and movies.

Apple considers the iPad as its revolutionary project that will bring all other contenders to shame. We’ve yet to have the lasting power of this magical product and its 150,000+ applications. It just made me think: how in the world am I going to employ all 150,000 of them?

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