Jun 262012
 

A few thoughts on the iPad after using it for several days:

  • Magazines look amazing, particularly The New Yorker. Text is crisp and sharp while photos have  astonishing  clarity. I may renew my subscription to National Geographic just to gawk at the pretty pictures on the iPad’s high-resolution display.
  • Comics look great as well, although I still prefer to read them on my desktop widescreen monitor.
  • Streaming old Star Trek episodes while lying in bed is a bit like actually being in a Star Trek episode.
  • One of the first things I did when I brought my new toy home was call my brother on his iPad via FaceTime. He gave me a walking tour of the house he and his partner purchased in San Francisco last year. It’s an older house and not terribly accessible, so it’s unlikely I’ll ever see the interior myself. As he was showing me around, I experienced a momentary touch of vertigo and it puzzled me. And then I realized it was the rush of understanding that I’m living in the future.

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