The New iPad Arrives
My new iPad arrived on the 8th June, as Apple ‘promised’ when I ordered it on the 12th May. Yes, it was a little frustrating that they arrived in the shops 2 weeks before that, but I can forgive that easily – I’ve a background in Marketing, so appreciate that certain things have to be done when a product comes out, like actually having some in the shops… but then what’s the point of pre-ordering?!?!
Regardless, that soon paled into into insignificance when said iPad turned up at midday in the hands of the delivery guy. I haven’t been that excited since… Well since my iPhone arrived 
! Being a responsible owner, the first thing I did was plug it in to charge (it prolongs the anticipation!), although it must have been precharged to some degree as it only took an hour or so to fully charge.
Setting Up The iPad on a PC
I set up my laptop with a clean install of iTunes 64-bit, and plugged the iPad in via the USB… Nothing! So I unplugged it and plugged it in again… Looking for driver…This driver has not installed… Hmmm, odd, thinks I, so goes over to the Desktop PC where my main iTunes installation for my iPhone is, plugged it in, and… Yay, success first time. It recognised it, downloaded a driver, then iTunes auto-opened and the adventure began…. By it synchronising every single one of my iPhone apps onto the iPad, even ones no longer installed but not deleted from my PC – so I now had 205 apps on my iPad, 130 of which I immediately deleted!
My First Impressions Of The iPad
Setup other than that went very easily. First impressions – it’s a delight to work on, and I can type almost as fast as I can on my main desktop keyboard using the onscreen keyboard.
Using The iPad Interface
You can tell a lot of thought has gone into the user interface again, as it’s so pleasant to work with – I find this a major factor when comparing iPhones and iPads to Androids and other smart phones. Apple put a lot of time into deciding how the user interface should act – how quickly pages turn, how smoothly you can slide though pics etc… which makes their products a joy to use. I’m no Apple fanboy, I hasten to add, I’m PC to the core! However, I try out quite a lot of gadgetry, and Apple mobile tech interfaces always seem so much more pleasant to use, like they put so much more thought into them than others.
I’ll report more shortly. Here’s to a long and fruitful relationship together, I think you and I are going to get on fine, Pad.
I might break my rules about naming tech, and give my new iPad a name… So far, I just call it Pad… What do you think I should call it?
Rob
That’ll do, Pad!
Hello, and thanks for dropping in.
This blog, as well as looking cool on your laptop or computer monitor, has several iPad-specific features you won’t experience without being on an iPad.
This is where I’ll be discussing Music Apps for the iPad and probably my iPhone too – I have a screen and a bit full of music apps on my iPhone including innovative instruments, sequencers, music entertainment and DJing apps. I don’t imagine it’s going to to take too long for me to have the same and more on my iPad – 4x the space on my iPhone means lots more apps for Rob!
