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TECHNOLOGY :
ELECTRONICS :
COMPUTER :
REVIEWS:
Ars Technica Reviews the iPad
Ars Technica Reviews the iPad
By Jacqui Cheng
Ars Technica
<http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2010/04/ipad-review.ars>
The iPad isn't a big iPod touchan iPod touch is a miniature iPad that
restricts the full multitouch experience in exchange for offering greater
portability. With the iPad, in contrast, you get multitouch the way it was
meant to be done.
That's one of our many take-aways after having submerged ourselves in iPad
land since launch. The larger screen doesn't just offer more space to work
withit opens up a different and more immersive user experience. Because of
this different experience, though, the closed nature of the platform can
get under some users' skin in ways the iPhone and iPod touch do not.
Still, the iPad is likely to just be a starting point for Apple and for
multitouch computing in general. There are obvious downsides to the
devicewe'll tell you what those arebut it's clear that it does sit in its
own category that floats somewhere between a smartphone and a laptop, and
it serves different purposes than either its smaller or bigger siblings.
<snip>
Because the 3G + WiFi version is not yet on the market, we all tested a
WiFi-only iPad. We think it's worth noting up front that the WiFi-only
version is probably best if you only plan to use it at home or at
Starbucksyou'll definitely miss not having an Internet connection while
out and about, and the (non-contract) 3G data plans are not bad at all, so
long as you can stomach the extra $130 you'll have to fork over for the
privilege.
It's also the case that there are some parts of the iPad "experience" that
we didn't get to cover here, but we think the next several pages will
convey more about what using the iPad is like than you ever thought you
wanted to know.
<snip>
Table of Contents
Unboxing, form factor, and basic use
Reading on the iPad
Watching videos & listening to music with the iPad
Internet basics: Safari and Mail
Gaming
Battery life
Can you do actual work on it?
The multitasking debate
Hardware breakdown
Benchmarking and Analysis
Miscellaneous observations/questions from readers
Conclusion
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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