Common misconceptions of the iPad

Misconception #1

“It’s just a big iPod touch” Being a large iPod Touch isn’t the misconception, the problem is the word “just”. It may be a large iPod touch but thats the beauty of it. The fact that you can do everything you do on your iPhone only on a large 10” screen which makes checking email, surfing the web, organizing your calendar, and playing games all the better. Instead of somberly saying “It”s just a large iPhone” I’m excitedly exclaiming “It’s as awesome as my iPhone, only with a huge usable screen!” not having to take my MacBook Pro everywhere and yet having a the complete internet experience, Pages for writing, amazing mail and calendar apps, and a ton of awesome apps. iPad may be running the same OS as the iPhone but there is many things that my iPad does that my iPhone either can’t do or do as well as the iPad. One of those things is read books, the iPad is the best book reader I have ever used, I have previously owned an Amazon Kindle and I have played with the B&N Nook long enough to learn it, and neither can live up the power of the iBooks app. Surfing the web is another thing that I feel is a much better experience on the iPad than any other device I use, including my computer in many ways. Yes, you can run the same apps on your iPhone that you can on your iPad, but the experience is completely different when you put it on a 10” screen. Overall the iPad is a larger version of an iPhone, but that’s not a bad thing.

Common misconception #2

“I can do everything on my iPhone and my Computer that I can on the iPad” For the most part that’s true. You can. But do you want to carry around your laptop everywhere you go just so you can surf the web, check your email, and other small tasks that the average person uses their computer for. Your iPhone can do a lot of the same tasks that the iPad can do, but the iPhone isn’t a great tool for sitting in your hotel room or hours in the airport browsing the web, reading books or watching movies. The iPhone is a great Internet experience when you need to look something up on the go or read an article on your lunch break, but not necessarily the best device to spend hours consuming media. On the other hand, you have your computer, your computer can almost do everything that an iPad can, but if you are anything like me you don’t like caring a backpack or a shoulder bag with your notebook and the power cord around all time. I have many meetings I go to at restaurants and i carry in my backpack pull out my 15” notebook onto the table and try to sit near a plug-in because I don’t always remember to keep my notebook charged, and the most I use my computer for during this time is surfing the web and emailing. So the iPad would be the perfect alternative to take to the restaurant meeting for me. I have heard many people ask the question of “What it can the iPad do that my iPhone and computer can’t?” Well, that’s not the question to ask. The question to ask is “What can the iPad do better?” which I feel I have answered above. The iPad isn’t meant to replace anything, it’s a new category of computer that you never knew you needed until now, it’s the in-between device, the net-book done right, the computer that your grandma can understand and yet still powerful enough for the business man. Now, If I were going to answer the question of what the iPad can do that your Computer can’t, the answer would be “Apps”. There are 185,000 apps in the app store with many of those being exclusively on the App store and not available to use/play on a computer. So technically speaking there are 185,000 things that the iPad can do that your computer can’t. That’s all I have for now. I have had my iPad since launch day and it just getting better and better. I love it.

 Written on my iPad.