My First Week With the iPad

Howdy all!  I was pretty excited when I picked up the iPad from Olivia.  Unfortunately, I was in a rush that night as I was on my way to the first class of the semester for my Accounting 301 class.  I was really looking forward to getting home with it until I realized that it doesn't play with my wireless bridge at home.  So, needless to say, I have to go to work, UR or elsewhere to get an Internet connection.

I find the keyboard to be a tad cumbersome.  I'm a pretty fast typist but the QWERTY keypad takes some getting used to.  Hunting and pecking isn't a very efficient way to type and the iPad seems to have a hard time keeping up with my speed.  I also noticed if I let my fingers hover over the keypad, the screen is sensitive enough to detect them without my touching it.  Still, it's probably just a matter of getting used to it.  I'll just need to slow down a bit and keep my fingers away until I'm ready to type something!

I also tend to use a lot of apostrophes which might have been better if placed on the main keypad screen.  Question for y'all:  is there a "caps lock" key?  If so, I can't find it.  Finally, the word detection is cool but, unless there's another way, I'm not crazy about hitting the "return" key only to have to backspace once to resume my sentence.

I discovered plenty of free apps within the store.  I downloaded one that has over 29,000 free books.  I'm rediscovering "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "Dracula."  I'm also a weather geek and found a nice free app from the NOAA.

The case is very cool.  I like how it allows the iPad to be used as a digital frame as well as its ability to be set at an angle for easier reading.

All in all, with the exception of the networking issue, I'm enjoying the iPad very much thus far.

Have a great week!

-  Kory