Been reading the forum for a while and decided to post my question. I am contemplating purchasing an iPad or Android tablet but have a specific primary purpose - to get away from paper. All the other things are bonuses.

I am really looking to use it for taking lecture and meeting notes.

I have been using things like Livescribe and many other similar devices and they work for a while and as soon as the warranty period ends they die. If I add all the money spent on these things I could have bought a tablet a while ago so I decided on something more durable and hopefully this forum will help my make that decision. If the iPad wins I see the forum as a wealth of information to just make it better. Great forum BTW.

Sargon

Hi and welcome to the Forum!

The IPad Forum is a community of members from all walks of life and from all over the world coming together to share our experiences and to help each other learn about this wonderful piece of technology the Ipad. There is a wealth of information already here in the many threads we have so doing some searches will answer most of the questions you have. If then you cannot find the answer you are seeking then by all means post your question. There are many friendly and informed members here only too willing to help you.

We also have our own App - It is a very simple app to navigate.
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Reading the IPad manual is a great place to start so please download a copy of these.
http://www.support.apple.com/manuals/ipad/
2 very informative threads from which you will learn many tips and shortcuts for the IPad.
http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-gener...dont-know.html
iOS5 Tips and Tricks
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I'm John.

I'm new.

Good to be here

HI John. welcome to the forum.

Originally Posted by Sargon

Been reading the forum for a while and decided to post my question. I am contemplating purchasing an iPad or Android tablet but have a specific primary purpose - to get away from paper. All the other things are bonuses.

I am really looking to use it for taking lecture and meeting notes.

I have been using things like Livescribe and many other similar devices and they work for a while and as soon as the warranty period ends they die. If I add all the money spent on these things I could have bought a tablet a while ago so I decided on something more durable and hopefully this forum will help my make that decision. If the iPad wins I see the forum as a wealth of information to just make it better. Great forum BTW.

Sargon

Hello Sargon, welcome to the forum. You've already been officially greeted one of our super moderators leelai, I encourage you to read her links, if you haven't already. I have the new iPad (third generation) and on certain apps that require a keyboard, there is a microphone feature. This new iPad has voice recognition capability. I have not experimented using it in a lecture/class setting but it has potential. I used my iPad1 to record lectures but I had to get an external microphone, and sit up close to the lecturer.

Welcome to the forum!

Originally Posted by creepy

I'm John.

I'm new.

Good to be here

Hi John. Welcome to the forum. You can start your own introductory thread, introduce yourself, and allow us to welcome YOU!