Since apple’s keynote the other day announcing their new iPad tablet PC
I must admit that I am quite taken by it. Performance aside, it ’s just beautiful. Attracting me to it like a crow to milk bottle tops. It basically looks like someone zapped an iPhone with an enlargement ray. But this is not unnecessarily a bad thing, given the iPhone is also a thing of beauty. That’s one area where apple have always excelled. Creating beautiful, high-end items.

Being a consumer and high-usage computer user who has never (yet) delved into the
apple computer market (although like many people I have an iPod, and it’s not my first, and I use an iMac at work) I am extremely taken by this new tablet and very tempted to fork out the £700 or so
for one of my own.
iPad on a budget
The iPad looks like it can handle those everyday requirements such as web browsing, photo’s, email
and video with ease and as a bonus it is also compatible with the 14,000 apps designed for the iPhone
out of the box. Also, it’s ebook reading application looks great and easy to read, possibly
making devices such as the Amazon kindle already obsolete.

Being a linux user, Im wondering of I could get it to control my Linux media centre. I would certainly
have fun trying! However, I think if I was to buy another apple device, as I have been tempted to do on so many occasions due to their extraordinarily good functionality aswell as their great looks then I would still have to buy an iPhone. Because, lets face it, the iPad is just an iPhone that you can’t fit in your pocket.
That doesn’t stop me wanting one though. Bravo apple on creating another excellent device!