Apple iPad First Impressions (Video)

Well, it’s been a few days since the official release of Apple’s new iPad. For some reason, UPS decided they don’t ship on Saturdays on the Big Island (despite apparently delivering on Oahu) so nobody on the island was able to get their iPad delivered until Monday.

I had originally pre-ordered the 3G model but decided to get one of the WiFi only models now, keep it for a couple of months, and then upgrade to the 3G.  I’ve been very eager to get my hands on the iPad and see if it, as I hoped, would be a useful tool for my business.

To improve compatibility so the site works for not just computers but mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads, I’ve added the video lesson two different ways. The first video player below should play on pretty much any laptop or desktop computer. The second is designed for iPhone & iPad, but should work on many computers and other devices too.

If you see a video player box directly below, watch the video lesson by using the first player. During playback you can click the square button in the lower right corner of the video to make it full screen:

If you don’t see a video player above this line (or it has an error message in it), then you should be able to use the second player below to watch the lesson:

I was able to pick the iPad up on Monday (yesterday) just before the Mac store in town closed and after a long long wait for it to sync with my iMac (which I grumbled a little about on my Twitter account) I finally was able to start using it around 11pm last night, and have had some more time to play with it today.

The verdict: while there are, as yet, very few native iPad apps available, the ones I’ve used so far have been great and the device is simply a joy to use.  I already can see I’ll be able to do a majority of my work on the iPad, with more options becoming available as more native apps come out.

(The iPhone apps I tested all seem to work just fine, but look either small and crisp in the center of a big black void on the screen, or very blocky and ugly when blown up to fill the screen using the 2X button)

Click the video above to watch my quick iPad first impressions video. I’ll post more thoughts and reviews of specific apps and functions of the device in the future. I also plan to post some iPad training video lessons too.

Posted by Worth Godwin Computer Training on Apr 6, 2010 in Apple iPad, iPad Lessons, iPad Training, Tech News, Video Computer Training | 2 comments