{"id":248,"date":"2010-05-07T04:18:12","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T04:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jorper98.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/07\/ipad-thoughts-the-first-2-weeks\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T11:57:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T18:57:04","slug":"ipad-thoughts-the-first-2-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/ipad-thoughts-the-first-2-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"iPad thoughts \u2013 the first 2\u00a0weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Very interesting device.   For me, it is definitely a consumption device.  Netflix, web-surfing,  news and blog reader, drawing and playing games with my kids, and some YouTube.      The video quality is amazing, the magazine reader is excellent, the battery second to none\u2026 Very good for easy blog postings and lite-email writing during my daily activities.    However one of my biggest pains in using it are: <\/p>\n

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  1. lack of multi-tasking:   It is really hard to  be at a post I want to tweet or want to my EverNote or bookmark  or even take a note in my Notes, without having to close the application.  It drives me crazy! \u2013<\/li>\n
  2. the lack of Flash (or Silverlight) \u2013 I do use YouTube some,  but most of the business sites I need to use daily still use Flash or Silverlight for displaying training videos, webcasts, presentations (Slideshare.net<\/a>) and such .   I totally get Flash is an issue \u2013 and to some extend I agree with the goal,  but it is a huge inconvenience not to have this capability.   <\/li>\n
  3. Why do I need to use the iTunes desktop to subscribe to podcasts???? \u2013 My iPad is online all of the time\u2026 This one is IRRITATING! –  I had to buy a podcast software to auto-pull and track my podcasts.  But while the software is playing a podcast, then I can not make notes, or surf the web for research (back to #1)  ARGH!!!<\/li>\n
  4. easy copy and paste:   this is really about the ability to quickly switch applications back and forth\u2026 The way it is implemented it is  tough to get some content via copy \/ paste into another document..   There got to be a better way to do this\u2026 <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In the past few days, I notice that I have been going back to my tablet PC  or laptop more that I thought I would given the fact that I have an iPad on hand\u2026 because of the I use the iPad for fun things mostly \u2013 I would love to use it more for research if I can figure out a way to write my notes easier without closing the web browser or my podcast software. <\/p>\n

    I find myself waiting for something better\u2026    Some of the things in the horizon include: <\/p>\n