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Great work on adding your content to the iPad!! We will wait for the 3G version, but are not sure about the timing of the purchase due to the economy. We are excited, however, to take a close-up look at it and do plan to be at a nearby Apple Store tomorrow. We remember earlier in the decade when everyone said Apple was crazy for opening retail stores, then the iPod hit the market. Our DDs, 4 and 5, always make a beeline for the kiddie table to check out the software on them. We have been buying Macs since around the time of our first Disney trip in 1993; 17 years later, we still love our Disney trips and our Apple products.
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I would love an ipad especially for ebooks and travelling.... now passporter have books it makes it even more tempted but they are not out here yet.... but let us know what its like
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Here I am, awake and getting ready to go to the Apple Store this morning to sneak a peek at the iPad. I am also waiting for the 3G model later this month, but for now I just want to see it. It's hard to explain why I'm excited about it (I mean, I have an iPhone and have many Mac computers). I think it's because I see the iPad as a new way to read books that more people will be embracing, and I like most things that involve books.
I just wish the PassPorter epub I worked so hard on would be in the iBook store today, but it seems it is being held up by red tape. Oh well! Soon it'll be there, and I can see a PassPorter on it, and that will be a good day. A bit like seeing your first published book in that first bookstore. I still remember that day clearly!
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One of the things we think the iPad will be great for is traveling. DW is an avid photographer and this is a hobby we love to share -- DW behind the camera and me creating things from the photos. When flying, it is hard to open most laptops all the way when the person in front of you puts their seat all the way back. Additionally, there will be a camera connector kit that will allow you to download photos to the iPad; this sounds like a nice option rather than having to take many SD (or similar) cards. Jennifer, we can't wait to hear what you think after visiting the Apple Store and can't wait to get there later today to see for ourselves!!
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WOW! I'm at my Apple Store and there are so many more people waiting than I expected! At least 300 when I showed up at 8:45 am. Very fun, very exciting! People are really into this.
Very cool Jennifer! I'm interested to hear about the iPad. I too like it for the ebooks and traveling. I just got an iTouch for my birthday and just it! So, we'll see about the iPad.
I couldn't wait for UPS to deliver mine on Monday so I hunted one down at Best Buy. Then got home to find out that UPS was nice enough to deliver it on a Sat!
I've been playing around on it all afternoon,it's definitely cool! Posting from it now in fact.
Can't wait to get the Passporter eBook! I'll have that for when we go to Disney in July
Don't have a lot to say about it right now, still figuring things out
One thing that I have noticed is that it sometimes has a lot of glare on the screen. Probably would not be able to use it outside in the sun.
If you have any questions I'll try to answer!
I've been playing on it pretty consistently since about 3:00 (about 7 hours ). I still have 60% of my battery left. I've been bouncing around though, not using one application for too long yet.
I feel like I have ADD right now there's so much to look at!
Sulley has been making references all day to the iPad...he's a Mac guy from the days of the Mac Plus, so you KNOW he's had every Apple product out there...he even got me an Apple GS back in the day.
I'm sure we will be getting a iPad, but he's not worried about the 3G....we have so many problems with connectivity with our iPhones and AT&T, we are hoping the rumors are true and there will be a Verison version of the iPhone out around Christmas.
I figure one will be showing up here in a few days.
I managed to stop in the apple store yesterday - DD#2 needed a new ipod case - so I of course ;^) stopped and played with one for a minute. As the owner of an iphone and a kindle I was a little surprised at the weight of the ipad. It was a little heavier than I anticipated.... but LOVED it as I knew I would. And then I had to leave ... I am holding out for the 3G version. I use the 3G on my iphone all the time and I think that it would drive me nuts to not have that functionality on the ipad - so I will wait. I know that I should wait for the 2nd generation but that won't happen. I have been able to skip generations on the iphone (had a 1st and then 3rd while skipping the 2nd and 3GS but will probably add the 4th) so I am planning on doing that with the ipad.
and Oh the possibilites for an interactive Passporter.... maps/menus/ADR's/wait times/photos ... oh my.
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Well, Sulley got one! He came home from work today with it. I knew he would! I tried to get him to hold out for the 3G but he's so frustrated with AT&T he said it wasn't worth it to him. He said he would be using it where there was wifi and that was good enough.
We shall see.
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I am just now beginning to talk dh into letting me get an I Phone!
Our contract with Verizon is month to month now and I am slowly talking him into letting me get an I Phone!
I don't think I better push the I Pad too!
Stephanie....I read that Verizon would not be getting the I Phone anytime soon. In fact, I just read an article that it would be at least until late 2011 or 2012 before that might happen.
Where did you hear that it would happen around Christmas?
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it! So, we'll see about the iPad.
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there's so much to look at!
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Although it really, really fascinates me!
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