The Best and Worst of the iPad

Hands down, the best thing about the iPad is the instant-on feature. Press the power button, and it’s on. No powering up, no fan lumbering up to speed. There’s not even an Apple logo and ‘loading…’ text that flashes by (think Windows). When you want to use it, you can. When you’re done, it’s instant-off. There’s just no waiting for this device.

Apple has been working on this concept for a while now. Recently they ran ads for a laptop that would be on by the time you opened the screen.

Another best item that I like-the power cord is small, and is inter-changeable with the iPhone. Laptops generally have a large power supply, which affects the portability of the whole thing. Even my net book has a pretty beefy power supply.

The worst of the iPad is the lack of muli-tasking. You can’t have two apps open at the same time. The biggest issue with this is when you’re going back and forth between email and Safari. It’s cumbersome at best.

A best and worst feature is surfing the web itself. Surfing the web is light years ahead of any phone, iPhone or otherwise. But many sites just don’t work right. Nevermind the flash debates. Google adwords actually crashes Safari on the iPad. I’m writing this post on the iPad, and I can’t get the ‘Visual’ view of this post to work.

All in all, it’s still a thumbs-up.

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