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Just got my mits on a 32Gb iPad.
Out the box:
Packaging is minimal as we have come to expect from ecopple these days. First impression upon opening the box is that yes it is indeed a massive iPhone.
Weight - it sits nicely - not to light that it doesn't feel solid, but light enough to be held one handed or passed around. As soon as I picked it up I thought of Edinburgh Garys' comments about using one to share a portfolio with potential clients. I can definitely see these being used for that - even more so if/when flash is added and you could browse portfolio from the togs website. Aluminium back feels very solid and the 1st Gen iPhone esque curves make it sit nicely in your hand.
Buttons/External Features - No suprises here - very similar to the iPhone. Volume, mute (switch slides down towards home button rather than away from user), speaker, headphone socket and wake button. All in same places as iPhone 3G with exception of speaker.
Connect to PC/Mac - Plugged in and welcomed to an iTunes screen with the setup page. Next up is the legal agreement. Next is new - you 'Register Your iPad' to your itunes account - my guess is for warranty and comms purposes. Next is asking to confirm address details. Lastly it asks what you would like synced with your iPad eg all music/apps etc. Syncing is roughly the same speed as the iPhone - the sync interface is much the same - with labels across the top eg music, tv shows, apps etc. The apps screen is very nice - check boxes to the left and a layout screen to the right - you can rearrange icons on the iPad using iTunes. Interesting - whilst syncing it states 'Not Charging' next to the battery. Cooooomee oooooon SYNC FASTER!!
Start Up - First shock - a resounding click when unlocking the screen - totally missed the fact that the iPad has a set of speakers built in! The screen is nice and bright.
Safari - How AWESOME. Finally a proper touch screen experience that is useable regularly and for more than a few minutes at a time without straining. Seems faster than iPhone. Toolbar is across top. Keyboard interface is really nice. TP LOOKS AWESOME!:
Navigation around TP is slick - the full WYSIWYG editor is viewable but changes are still shown in code. Viewing pictures in thread is superb.
iPod - Interesting new layout - much more like the PC/Mac iTunes interface. Playlists/items left and music right. Search button! Yay! When you click to play as song the album art appears out of nowhere to fill the screen. Speaker is fairly tinny but fairly loud! Weirdly mono for a device of this size. Superbly responsive to changing orientation - much quicker than iPhone.
Mail - Really nice improvements to the interface now it is on a bigger screen. Different layout - navigation to different mailboxes/folders is done via a Inbox button top left. Using this navigation is going to take some getting used to. Keyboard is nice to use two handed (using thumbs to type) or alternatively hold with one hand and type with the other. Landscape orientation is really nice to use for email and typing.
iPhoto - Only had a brief play so far with the photo features. It will sync photos from iPhoto, Aperture or your Pictures folder. (No Lightroom support yet :thumbsdown. Options are there to auto import from Faces, Albums, Dates etc etc. Really tempting me to switch to aperture 3 for faces and full iPad support... Tested using a recent album... Extremely fast - pinch movement can open/close albums. All pictures have a white border.... Slideshow is a lot more advanced - options to play music and change transitions. Really nice navigation across the bottom of a photo when you have one open:
iPhone/iTouch Apps - Run well on iPad. They open up small in the middle of the screen at the same size as the iPhone. There is also a 2x button bottom right that stretches the app to full iPad screen size - but obviously makes it pixelated.
Overall - Performance is extremely fast even compared to the 3Gs. The responsiveness of the whole device is extremely slick - from opening closing apps to changing screen orientation. Minor gripes so far - the white border around the pictures, and the speaker(s) could be a lot better - even if it was just adding another to the left for slightly better stereo sound.
To Come...
Will be hooking up bluetooth mouse and keyboard and having a play tomorrow. Will report back.
Hope this helps you guys and gals in reviewing some of the basic features.
Oh and no wifi issues here.... touch wood. Am using an Airport station though.
No app store working yet - 'Not Available in this Country yet'.
Just got my mits on a 32Gb iPad.
Out the box:
Packaging is minimal as we have come to expect from ecopple these days. First impression upon opening the box is that yes it is indeed a massive iPhone.
Weight - it sits nicely - not to light that it doesn't feel solid, but light enough to be held one handed or passed around. As soon as I picked it up I thought of Edinburgh Garys' comments about using one to share a portfolio with potential clients. I can definitely see these being used for that - even more so if/when flash is added and you could browse portfolio from the togs website. Aluminium back feels very solid and the 1st Gen iPhone esque curves make it sit nicely in your hand.
Buttons/External Features - No suprises here - very similar to the iPhone. Volume, mute (switch slides down towards home button rather than away from user), speaker, headphone socket and wake button. All in same places as iPhone 3G with exception of speaker.
Connect to PC/Mac - Plugged in and welcomed to an iTunes screen with the setup page. Next up is the legal agreement. Next is new - you 'Register Your iPad' to your itunes account - my guess is for warranty and comms purposes. Next is asking to confirm address details. Lastly it asks what you would like synced with your iPad eg all music/apps etc. Syncing is roughly the same speed as the iPhone - the sync interface is much the same - with labels across the top eg music, tv shows, apps etc. The apps screen is very nice - check boxes to the left and a layout screen to the right - you can rearrange icons on the iPad using iTunes. Interesting - whilst syncing it states 'Not Charging' next to the battery. Cooooomee oooooon SYNC FASTER!!
Start Up - First shock - a resounding click when unlocking the screen - totally missed the fact that the iPad has a set of speakers built in! The screen is nice and bright.
Safari - How AWESOME. Finally a proper touch screen experience that is useable regularly and for more than a few minutes at a time without straining. Seems faster than iPhone. Toolbar is across top. Keyboard interface is really nice. TP LOOKS AWESOME!:
Navigation around TP is slick - the full WYSIWYG editor is viewable but changes are still shown in code. Viewing pictures in thread is superb.
iPod - Interesting new layout - much more like the PC/Mac iTunes interface. Playlists/items left and music right. Search button! Yay! When you click to play as song the album art appears out of nowhere to fill the screen. Speaker is fairly tinny but fairly loud! Weirdly mono for a device of this size. Superbly responsive to changing orientation - much quicker than iPhone.
Mail - Really nice improvements to the interface now it is on a bigger screen. Different layout - navigation to different mailboxes/folders is done via a Inbox button top left. Using this navigation is going to take some getting used to. Keyboard is nice to use two handed (using thumbs to type) or alternatively hold with one hand and type with the other. Landscape orientation is really nice to use for email and typing.
iPhoto - Only had a brief play so far with the photo features. It will sync photos from iPhoto, Aperture or your Pictures folder. (No Lightroom support yet :thumbsdown. Options are there to auto import from Faces, Albums, Dates etc etc. Really tempting me to switch to aperture 3 for faces and full iPad support... Tested using a recent album... Extremely fast - pinch movement can open/close albums. All pictures have a white border.... Slideshow is a lot more advanced - options to play music and change transitions. Really nice navigation across the bottom of a photo when you have one open:
iPhone/iTouch Apps - Run well on iPad. They open up small in the middle of the screen at the same size as the iPhone. There is also a 2x button bottom right that stretches the app to full iPad screen size - but obviously makes it pixelated.
Overall - Performance is extremely fast even compared to the 3Gs. The responsiveness of the whole device is extremely slick - from opening closing apps to changing screen orientation. Minor gripes so far - the white border around the pictures, and the speaker(s) could be a lot better - even if it was just adding another to the left for slightly better stereo sound.
To Come...
Will be hooking up bluetooth mouse and keyboard and having a play tomorrow. Will report back.
Hope this helps you guys and gals in reviewing some of the basic features.
Oh and no wifi issues here.... touch wood. Am using an Airport station though.
No app store working yet - 'Not Available in this Country yet'.
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