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My iPad

Wanted to post a quick review of my iPad. Snagged one from a highschool kid in West Texas for a steal of a price. $550 for an unopened, 32 GB Wifi model. These are hard to come by (nobody has had them in stock for months).

After playing with it for a week, my laptop use has gone down DRAMATICALLY as well as my iPhone use. I’m sure it’ll balance out more, given it’s a new device, but it has serious potential to help me forget about my laptop.

Pros:

• Amazing touch screen
• Vivid colors
• Fast processor
• Bluetooth Keyboard support
• Battery Life is killer

Cons:

• A touch heavy. It’s sitting at 1.5 lbs and requires a knee or table after a period of time.
• The icons on the screen are a little small and spaced out, lots of wasted empty space.
• No camera.

Wishlist:

• More games - great screen + 3D acceleration == capability
• More dashboards - this thing screens instant status check
• More apps in general
• Matte screen
• Camera
• A grip edge around the outside, instead of bevel all the way to the middle.

Thoughts on the iPhone 3GS

A few thoughts and a little back story…

So I’ve had an iPhone for a year and a half, bought the 3G on the 2nd day. Waited on purchasing the first generation, strangely enough. Typically I’m an early adopter… early early adopter.

Then I got my motorcycle. I went to kick start the bike and SMASH!!!

The screen was still functional, but smashed.

Fast forward to yesterday. I woke up and tried to use the phone and the Home Button was not functional. A restore, reboot, clean wipe later… still nothing. The phone became unusable with no Home Button.

So I had to go out and buy a new phone, paying more than the standard subsidized price because I wasn’t through with my 2 year agreement and I broke the device.

So I got the new iPhone 3GS. Built in 3 MP camera, video recording and editing, digital compass, and a HUGE upgrade in memory and CPU.

Here’s a sample video:

With that said, the thoughts on the production quality of the iPhone came to mind…

• When there’s a large iPhone case market, you might have made your device too fragile or too slippery.
• When the most fragile parts of the phone are also the most needed to operate the phone, aka the Home Button, you might want to redesign it.
• I understand that it’s a design flaw to make the device be more rugged, but after 3 iterations (excuse me, generations) of the dang thing… at least improve the durability of it.
• Where’s the insurance on the phone?

I mean seriously… there are many people out there who have dropped their phones and have broken them. It might mean you should pay closer attention to the durability of the device… just sayin’