How are you finding your iPad?
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We were away at York not too long ago, and were let down by a restaurant, but was able to get into 'Jamies' and had a great night all done on the iPad (No glasses needed, forgot them) and wifi connection in Costa.
Only 2 weeks ago, my better half went and brought herself an iPad Mini after a terrible time with her Kindle HD and loves it to bits, as she says it just works and as the rest of the family have iPhones or iPads finds she has more contact with them, which is great as seeing the grandchildren using FaceTime is just so nice as they're so far away! She now says the cost difference is worth it and it actually feels like she has something reliable in her hand.
Soon after getting it a friend sent me the video as seen above and many times I have replayed it....I have a giggle each time.
My biggest problem with my iPad is that I spend too much time on it....so simple to crank into action. I do still respect my lap top though and would hate to think I was not thankful to the old workhorse.
I had decided to wait for the Kindlefire but it was constantly postponed and at my time of life I can't wait for ever....I shall remain forever faithful to my iPad but read on my Kindle reader that I have enjoyed for almost two years now.
What comes next?
I love all the free apps and one of my favourite games is Angrybirds along with Wordswith friends etc. :-*
If you're stuck for info on "how-to-do" stuff on the iPad, then I highly recommend the "tips & tricks" app in the App Store. You can get the lite version for free or pay just 69p for the full monty...
I find it so annoying that the iPad seems to think it knows better than me what I should write and insists e.g. that when I write BBC I really mean NBC ! When I write 'the' it insists on missing the 'e' , so I have to return, laboriously to each th and add an e. Oh! for a mouse. It also voices words I write before I am half way through. I know, I know, I can turn it off. It is surprising it doesn't have a vocabulary of schoolmarm phrases like "At your age you should know how to spell better than this"
One very good thing about it is the quality of sound which, as a deaf person, I find is clearer than my PC speakers (with sub woofer etc) or the TV or radio. Amazing in such a thin piece of equipment. And the fact that it starts instantly is another plus. Everyone's PC is so slow starting these days that I have had to create a page on my site at http://www.silverhairs.co.uk/help17.htm to tell people how to speed startup. Mostly I just switch on the PC and go and have a shave !
Plus points for me are; Its so easy to use and everything I want ( other than coffee making) is in the one place. I get up, read the paper, check email, get sucked into facebook, catch up on TV soaps I missed all in the comfort of my chair on my Ipad.
Downside, Ipad is so expensive compaired to Android tablets. If money is tight there are some quiet cheap Androids, maybe not top of the range, but very usable, to be found.