+ Just the right size as a portable device to view pictures, video content and to read e books ; galaxy tab beats this in portability but that has poor experience for reading/videos/browsing and it has poorer touch experience; some might say iPad is a glorified iPod - true but worth it.
+ Battery life - should be more than 10 hours if you are using continuously.
+ Email and browsing - Email app is neat.
+ Some apps which I liked / use frequently :
+ another simple feature that many may fail to notice is the ability to take screenshots and store them as images
- iTunes overhead for adding content and no support for USB / microsd; can't transfer photos from my camera without using a computer ; every other tablet released supports usb/sd I guess; will apple consider it as a competitive factor and start supporting the same ? I
seriously doubt it.
- missing camera ; front camera to support video calls for VoIP would have been great - I believe it will be available in the next version ; supporting a back camera would be awkward though due to it's size unlike samsung tab which can be held in one hand and has dual camera ;
# I wonder if touch devices will ever provide as good typing experience as a keyboard ; iPad is better than other touch devices though.. ;
# default version of galaxy tab can act as a phone and is available in India already ; why does apple take a long time before they make their devices available in India ? Aren't they losing a lot of potential customers ?
# I used to think it is over priced but after looking at pricing of other tablets I felt it's reasonable
# Found the missing features compensated via accessories such as camera connector which surely are over priced ; do people buy such stuff ?
will add more comments ..
+ Some apps which I liked / use frequently :
- Twitter : split page view of tweets , inline presentation of web contenet , lets you cascade through various tweets / pages / profiles and keeps the linkage so that you can come right back
- gmail browser app : neat presentation of mail content ; caching support
- notes : nice utility for some quick notes
- Vlc : super app to play non mp4 videos - best free app to support various formats ; while one may have to use iTunes to add content vlc allows deletion of content directly
- Maps : google maps designed for iPad - pretty good !
- Flipboard : Best reading app ! Newspaper like presentation of feed content , which can be flipped through - can be linked to twitter , fb accounts
- linkedin, imdb, eyewitnesses, ndtv , BBC, radiosai, & Many others.
+ another simple feature that many may fail to notice is the ability to take screenshots and store them as images
- iTunes overhead for adding content and no support for USB / microsd; can't transfer photos from my camera without using a computer ; every other tablet released supports usb/sd I guess; will apple consider it as a competitive factor and start supporting the same ? I
seriously doubt it.
- missing camera ; front camera to support video calls for VoIP would have been great - I believe it will be available in the next version ; supporting a back camera would be awkward though due to it's size unlike samsung tab which can be held in one hand and has dual camera ;
# I wonder if touch devices will ever provide as good typing experience as a keyboard ; iPad is better than other touch devices though.. ;
# default version of galaxy tab can act as a phone and is available in India already ; why does apple take a long time before they make their devices available in India ? Aren't they losing a lot of potential customers ?
# I used to think it is over priced but after looking at pricing of other tablets I felt it's reasonable
# Found the missing features compensated via accessories such as camera connector which surely are over priced ; do people buy such stuff ?
will add more comments ..
