New toy: iPad Mini
I was amused when I posted last week about using credit card points to perhaps buy an iPad Mini, the Apple-haters jumped in. (Well, one did.)
The post wasn’t really about technology; it was about credit card points!
But this post is about tech.
The choice of an iPad over an Android tablet was deliberate. Yeah yeah, I’ve fallen for Apple’s marketing hype.
Nah… After pondering buying an Android tablet, I decided that we should aim for some digital diversity in my house.
Thus, we have Android and Nokia phones, Windows and Mac computers (the latter running OSX, but also Windows via both Boot Camp and Parallels), and Jeremy’s dabbling with Linux via his Raspberry Pi.
I bought the iPad Mini yesterday, so now we also have iOS. We don’t have everything, but we have a pretty good spread.
Why is this useful? Well as an example, I’ve already noticed that the top header of my blog doesn’t display properly on the iPad. The tag line is missing.
First impressions? The usual nice Apple design and build quality. The interface is pretty easy to use, as was the initial setup.
It’s very responsive with operations like scrolling through web pages or lists of tweets — but noticeably one exception: clicking on buttons seems less responsive than the other touch-screen I’m familiar with, my two-year-old HTC Desire S mobile.
Typing isn’t too bad, but once again isn’t as nice as on the phone, with its haptic feedback.
The camera seems quite good, though you look like a dork taking photos with it.
Overall, enjoying it so far — and it’s nice to be able to use apps not available on Android.
Want to crucify your iPad? Logitech has you covered.
Did nobody in their design department stop and think “uhh guys, that may not be the best design to go for.” Or is it just me who sees this?
Steve Jobs: I wish you’d all put your iPads and iPhones away for a minute and pay attention
Apple iSad
Uh oh. My sister’s iPad got the Blue Screen of Death.
Who knew they suffered from that? I thought Steve Jobs, being all-powerful, would have abolished them.
It happened while playing Rocket Bird.
We resurrected it by doing a hard reset.
