Originally Posted by kvmkvm

Excellent question:


Simple;at 55 years young; my eyesight is poor even with my glasses. he ability to have huge text ; I will no longer have to squint and / or pich my iphone screen so much that I lose a screen view.

i love the smart phone i have but hate the screen size and like you iam over the age of 50 and it starting to tell on me and my eyesight ..

here my basic reason for the Ipad unit and why i want it

1- look at work and personal emails in the morning when eating breakfast st the hotel and i do a quick scan of the work emails and make calls as need for the day work

2-web surfing for personal use

a-here the list of the websites that i vist daily for personal use .
-x-msnbc for news
-x-cnn for news
-x-locats
-x-motivational photos
-x-weather channel
-x-bushcraft forums for outdoor hunting and backpacking and outdoor survival tips and tactics for the modern hunter .. for when iam not working i like to spend time out in the back country messing around out there camping and hunting and scouting for the fall hunt season
-x-a couple of my friends LDS blogs about there life and feeling as a way to keep up with them ..
-x-one friend state blog about where iam from and how the area is getting along ..
-x-plus a few more

this websites i go to on a daily viewing of the website along with a posting heavy on a couple there for fun and learning ..


3-diff games for the air port down time and hotel down time along with personal enjoyment of a good card game to spend a few hours when the weather was to bad to work ..

4-keep my book and dvd collections updated and get them off my phone and onto this unit to free up my cell phone space harddrive disk space ..

a-i loved to hold real books in my hands so reading a online book has no meaning to me for it the pleasure of turning a page and smelling the freshness or the oldness of a book when reading it ..

5-mp3 player as need so take the music off my smart phone and put on the ipad and free up more of the unit drive for stowage of more work apps as it need..i allready have about 10.gb of music ready to go with the songlist for the diff type of music i like for the diff moods i have ..

6-is the best one of all get rid of all the junk i do not need to carry with me when iam traveling on the road .. this way i can streamline the travel system with just the basic personal items i need for a trip and nothing else ..

mainly is get rid a lot of junk i do not really need to lighten my load up for travel ..

Full blown synth / rhythm musical apps.

Musicians pay $300-800 on average for music hardware devices that do ONE thing. This will change the game.

Pretty much for web and e-mail. I am PC locked at work so I really can't do anything about that as I work for a software company and PC is the platform for our industry.

Meeting notes at work
Project Planning
Games
Music

I have read some comics on it already using Comic Zeal app. You can add cbr files to it and it is the best (only) portable comic book viewer there is. Can't wait to check some magazines. Got the grandkids so time is limited till they leave.

"The iPad is also being hailed as a flexible, and cost-effective tool for disabled users. Businesses are obligated to make accommodations for qualified disabled workers, and the iPad has the features and apps to address many of the needs and replace specialized equipment costing thousands more.
While the reviews suggest that the iPad is excellent at what its designed to do, and that it will prove to be a more than adequate laptop replacement in many cases, IT administrators and business professionals need to keep the security limitations of the platform in mind before trusting confidential or sensitive data on the iPad."
Must-Have iPad Apps for Business Professionals | Reuters

My iPhone is lonely.

i wrote two articles, one as an iPad devotee and one pointing out its flaws. let me know if you agree or disagree.

First Impressions of the iPad - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com

iPad Drawbacks and Disappointments - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com

I have a question , I am thinking about getting a ipad but my main use would be to play poker on the spade club site is this possable on the ipad?