New toy for me

[Roger]

Just got the new iPad today. I must say I am thoroughly impressed and pleased with it! Sure is a complete difference from the I pod touch in experience and ease of use. Got a nice case too (leather) to keep it in. This one is the 64 gb wifi version.

[mrtr33]

Just got the new iPad today. I must say I am thoroughly impressed and pleased with it! Sure is a complete difference from the I pod touch in experience and ease of use. Got a nice case too (leather) to keep it in. This one is the 64 gb wifi version.

That's awesome. I've been thinking about getting one as well.

Tell me, what kind of case did you end up getting for it? We have a first-gen iPad, and it took me about a month to find a case for that thing - something I thought was going to actually protect it while not costing me a fortune. I mean, this guy does awesome work, but.....$$$$$ Actually, considering I paid about $60 for the last case, now that I look at it, and considering the quality of that guy's work, that's not that bad.....

[craig]

best sleeve cases imho: http://tuff-as-nuts.com/index.aspx

The phone belt case that I bought from them has lasted through daily use since my Treo 600 ...

I have to admit, though - I've had an iPad-sized Honeycomb tablet for a month now, and I see little use to having one over a high-end smartphone. What do you folks do with these things?

[CptnBlues63]

My wife picked up an iPad recently and bought herself a case from Amazon. They seem to have a nice assortment and the prices are good.

[ashauler]

best sleeve cases imho: http://tuff-as-nuts.com/index.aspx

The phone belt case that I bought from them has lasted through daily use since my Treo 600 ...

I have to admit, though - I've had an iPad-sized Honeycomb tablet for a month now, and I see little use to having one over a high-end smartphone. What do you folks do with these things?

I'm not sure I really want to know.

[mrtr33]

best sleeve cases imho: http://tuff-as-nuts.com/index.aspx

The phone belt case that I bought from them has lasted through daily use since my Treo 600 ...

I have to admit, though - I've had an iPad-sized Honeycomb tablet for a month now, and I see little use to having one over a high-end smartphone. What do you folks do with these things?

My biggest complaint with smartphones is that they're just too tiny for my giant bear-paws to do anything without a stylus, or for my eyes to focus on something so small. I will probably have to come around sooner or later, though.

I'm seriously thinking of using this new iPad as my phone. Oregon (and CA, and hopefully, all of the states) prohibits driving while holding a cell phone to your head, so a earpiece/mic wouldn't be that out of place.
Skyping relatives is rather quick and easy
My little girl can watch movies on long road trips
I really like some of the apps in the app store right now - I haven't quite embraced the tablet as a 'gaming' device quite yet, as I still consider the input controls to be rather primitive, but some of the tools are excellent for my uses
Honestly, I really like the idea that it has a 4G capability - not that I necessarily buy into 4G technology, but just the fact that I can jump from Wifi to a 'G' network is super-useful
I'm also a mobile-app developer. While Apple provides awesome tools, there are definitely tweaks that need attending to when developing applications that cannot be simulated in iOS Simulator.

[badwhale]

I would probably just use it for mobile p0rn...

[mrtr33]

I would probably just use it for mobile p0rn...

Classy.....but there is that. You'd probably be able to find better pr0n apps with an Android tablet over an iPad - the iPad app Gods are really rather stingy as to what they will allow to be available in the app store....

[craig]

dupe

[craig]

Well, *besides* mobile p0rn!

... and one doesn't need an app just to send a URL.

[Roger]

That's awesome. I've been thinking about getting one as well.

Tell me, what kind of case did you end up getting for it? We have a first-gen iPad, and it took me about a month to find a case for that thing - something I thought was going to actually protect it while not costing me a fortune. I mean, this guy does awesome work, but.....$$$$$ Actually, considering I paid about $60 for the last case, now that I look at it, and considering the quality of that guy's work, that's not that bad.....

I spent about 61 dollars including shipping for my case from zugue I looked at several different case reviews on video before I decided. I like it so far.

[mrtr33]

I spent about 61 dollars including shipping for my case from zugue I looked at several different case reviews on video before I decided. I like it so far.

Do you have a link? (read: I'm too lazy to search it myself)

[bmock50]

The retina display is amazing.

[Roger]

Do you have a link? (read: I'm too lazy to search it myself)

Sure I got the link here it is.


http://www.zoogue.com/new-ipad-leather-cases/[/URL]