Well, not quite, but it was good to check that our site worked without problems on Apple’s latest offering :-)
I took a mini-break to New York last week, and had the chance to pop into the Apple store on 5th Avenue (I love how awesome that sounds). Obviously then I had to try out the iPad first-hand. It was clearly the most popular item in-store as the gorgeous MacBook Pros and large iMac demonstration areas were practically empty, with large crowds around the iPad areas.
It’s a nice device, if a little large for my liking, but very responsive, particularly with regards to the keyboard. Positioning the iPad horizontally on the provided slanted stand allowed for typing on the on-screen keyboard at the same speed as you would a normal computer keyboard, and was extremely nice. I was personally quite sceptical back in January when the product was announced, but I did find myself experiencing iPad-envy after playing with the device; travelling back to our hotel on the subway, I noticed about 4 people using them for various activities including reading books and browsing the web. Suffice to say I restrained myself and didn’t purchase one sadly!
It’ll be interesting to see the UK release; by then hopefully all the little niggles will have been ironed out and we’ll have a solid product. Watch this space :-)
Oh, and I also came across a stack of paper versions of The Onion hidden in a subway corridor. Very bizarre!