I enver said it was over priced. what I did say was even though the iPad is
inexpensive at $499, they plan to rape you at the app counter, so you'll
suffer the prices for the apps
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Carter" <nc5rn...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: Used an iPad today
Hi,
I am surprised that you feel that the iPad is over priced. It seems to me
that Apple has really made a place for themselves in the lower priced
devices with the introduction of the iPad. I personally think the price is
impressive.
Robert Carter
On Apr 6, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Cody wrote:
I think the idea is awesome in terms of accessibility and apple will
certainly get praises for that which they deserve, however I think the
product itself is a rip off. sure, it's $499, but then they plan to rape
you at the app counter, so yeah it's accessible alright, but is it worth a
place in your walet? We sometimes let accessibility over power our budgets
because we see something and think, wow, gotta have that one.
Cody
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Smart"
<bryansm...@bryansmart.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 2:59 PM
Subject: Used an iPad today
I'd ordered the 3G model, so will be waiting a few more weeks yet, but I
had some time to play with a WiFi model today.
Generally, it's an iPhone. However, besides the screen size being
increased, the interface has increased in complexity, also. Apple is
certainly using the extra space to expand on what is possible with an
iPhone type touch interface.
It took me only very little time to discover that portrait mode (which
lots of sighted users select), is probably not the best for a blind
person. When you're working with two hands, having more horizontal room
seems to make more of a difference when navigating. Fortunately, it is a
snap to try either way to see what works for you.
I absolutely agree with the posters that were talking about the horrible
oversight about the back plate of the iPad. It is almost nothing but shiny
aluminum. You're supposed to be able to set the iPad on a table to use it,
but I promise, the first time that you place it on any table that isn't
absolutely clear of small dirt particles, you'll pic it up to discover
that the slight motion of you pushing and sliding the iPad has ground the
dirt particles in to the back, and scratched the hell out of your shiny
aluminum back plate. Of course, you can buy the case to fix that. the case
is a type of thin and stiff coated particle board that feels a lot like a
traditional print notebook. One side snugly holds the iPad, and the other
side is a flap that covers the iPad screen when closed. I suppose that
most people will want the case to protect the screen when traveling,
anyway. If you go without the case, though, you are absolutely asking for
it. Apple could have put something on the back to make the iPad more
stable. Maybe not rubber feet, but they could have gone with a felt square
in the center, a stylized strip of some high friction material, etc. The
curved back will insure that the iPad wobbles on the table, and the glossy
case will absolutely scratch.
VoiceOver sounded about the same, and responded with the same speed,
pretty much. The speaker was very clear. Didn't get to play music with it,
but I hear the bass is poor. Still, speech is pretty good through the
built-in speakers.
However, it seemed to me that iPad programs opened more slowly than on the
iPhone. Maybe there is more information to load? However, with more memory
and a faster processor, I wasn't expecting that.
I wasn't dramatically blown away by the applications that were available
on it, but working with a big talking touch screen interface started me
dreaming about things that *could* be accomplished with a device like
that. Many people might not need the iPad for web surfing or checking
e-mail, but I think that, eventually, there will be some very unique uses
for the iPad.
Bryan
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