The merits of getting an iPad

Debating on the merits of getting an Apple iPad

Unless you’ve been living as a hermit for the past few months, then you’ve most likely heard of the iPad. Indeed, you may even know some of its capabilities.

Apple’s iPad is a tablet device designed for mobile computing that fits between a laptop computer and a mobile phone. Initially, even Apple probably wasn’t sure what the purpose of the iPad would be. After its release for sale in the United States earlier this month, it’s clear that the purpose is only definable by the person using it.

It’s a device capable of a multitude of things. It allows bloggers to create and edit posts on-the-go, it allows gamers to play their favourite iPhone games on a larger screen, and it even has the function of an eBook reader through Apple’s iBooks app or Amazon’s Kindle app.

The functions of the iPad is really only limited by one’s imagination, and of course, the app offerings themselves.

Overall, I’m really excited to see how the iPad will evolve over time, and I can’t wait to get my hands on one. I’m really irritated that the international release of the iPad was pushed to the end of May. Pricing for Australia, and its subsequent preorder will be available in approximately two week’s time, on May 10th.

But despite the many functions that the iPad is capable of, there are also many disadvantages when conpared to something like a netbook. Firstly, the iPad currently is limited to only 64GB of memory. There is no expandable memory slot, and additional peripherals are required for importing photos from external sources.

But despite some of these limitations, I still feel that Apple’s iPad is still a device that will change mobile computing for a lot of people. It’s most likely thanks to Applr’s incredible iTunes infrastructure that the iPhone and iPad is so successful.