My opinion of the iPad, will I get one?

Straight after watching the live blogging of the Apple event my answer would have been most definitely NO!!! I didn’t like the screens aspect ratio and was hoping for a modified full blown version of Snow Leopard, not the iPhone OS. But now after weighing up the pros and cons of the device I will more than likely get one as soon as it’s released over here.

Sow what’s changed my mind? Well if I was to get an iPad it would be to replace my NetBook, that’s why I was wanting it to run a true “full” OS. But what do I do on my netbook, well I go on the Internet, email and… that’s about it really because for anything else a netbook is pretty shit. I’ve edited photos and video on it before, watched movies etc but it’s not an enjoyable experience, in fact at times it can be downright frustrating. And I think most people probably use their netbook much the same, just Internet and email, social networks etc.

I really do think that the ipad is Apples version of a netbook, it’s portable, lightweight and cheap (by apples standards) I rarely use my netbook these days, waiting for it to boot up, wait for the browser to load etc. I can get to the site I want to on my iPhone and be reading it before the netbook has finished booting up… and that is what I need, instant on with a larger display than the iPhone, the iPad has nailed my needs with just the browser. Then there’s all the other things, photo viewer, ebook reader….. I really hope they release an iPhone version of that that keeps books in sync like the kindle does, and the wealth of apps already out there in the store that I bought for the iPhone and will work on the iPad.

I’m sold on the idea now as a netbook replacement, so come UK launch day I’ll have one ordered. That is unless something about it changes my mind once the US public get their hands on it a few months earlier.