I just came to the Apple store to check out the iPad once again. I really don’t care for this keyboard, but I could put up with it . . . and I’m going to use a Bluetooth keyboard anyway. Maybe I’ll develop a new, two-fingered typing method.
Now I have proven I can author here from the device, though I had to do it in html, not visual, mode.
Regardless, this is one special device. I’m going to get one even if I end up having to get a laptop anyway.
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I retired nearly 13 years ago, though I've continued to work during most of the time since then. I'm hoping to return to work on the RS-25 rocket engine program (formerly the SSME) which will power our return to the moon. Mostly I'm just cruising, making the most of what time I have remaining.
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Systems Savvy 
April 19th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
A friend brought an iPad over this weekend and let me “play” with it. She hadn’t installed many apps yet, and I didn’t want to do too much “damage” to it that she’d have to undo, but I have to say I liked what I saw.
It may not be able to do everything, but it seems to do the things it does very well.
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April 19th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
All I used for this entry was Safari. It wasn’t quite as seamless as I’d have liked it, but it worked . . . and that was what I was interested in. When I decided to go with Apple (I’ve been using a PC for the last 23 years), one of my considerations was being able to use an Ipad to “replace” a laptop for short trips. I also planned on working as much as possible “in the cloud”. I haven’t tested that out yet as fully as I’d like to, but being able to author directly on my WordPress blog is a start. I’m definitely getting a 3G iPad when they’re finally delivered (sometime in early May, it looks like now). I think it will be worth it even if the vast majority of what I do with it is consume. It’s a great learning device, IMO.
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April 19th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Like you I limited myself to Safari. As for blogging, I would think that there are WordPress apps that would give you some good capability beyond Safari. (I use a WP app on my Droid, cause going through the browser is too painful.)
I could very easily see using the iPad instead of a laptop on a short trip, and agree the 3G model would be the one to get.
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April 16th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Comment section works with the iPad. Bonus! I’m getting used to the damned thing 🙂
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