I may be have been bitten by the i Pad bug, however so far I can't find anything that I dislike. Earlier this week I attended the Techshare conference at the ICC in Birmingham this was primarily regarding Accessibility issues. However the iPad was very alluring, the presenter Robin Spinks from the RNIB highlighted all the advantages these include :
- Portable
- Light weight
- High quality LED
- Fast Processor
- Touch Screen
- Virtual Keyboards
On closer inspection today I find you are able to carry out normal every day tasks like email, Internet use, playing games reading e-books I am also able to use the notes apps for very basic word processing. Robin described the i pad as a 'tool to share' as the iPad is very engaging and most definitely for content consumption. The question that Robin left us with is it a replacement for the Netbook on reflection I would probably say that the Netbook and the I pad are similar but definitely different . The iPad has a lack of expandability, you cant upgrade the iPad in any way and very poor for content creation.
However having said all of that the iPad is a different experience to the Netbook, i feel immersed in the graphics and believe that this is a different experience to any laptop, or net book
