Comments on: Do you own an iPad? Tell us why

By: #1Hotgirl

#1Hotgirl — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:43:44 +0000

The Ipad is a creation that has Grandparents and Parents these days saying”things we have these days”, It has everything to do on it even 2 camaras it is amazing in everyway. SO if you wanna stay pretty get an ipad YAAAAA– ohh and ya I OWN ONE——–

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:40:43 +0000

I own an ipad 2 because there are many fun and cool things to do with it

By: Tri Nguyen

Tri Nguyen — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:52:02 +0000

I got the iPad to read ebooks with color. At first, I was considering the kindle but its screen size was too small and slow to handle all the books I wanted to put on.

By: Hiba

Hiba — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:54:22 +0000

I got an iPad as a gift. I’m like the first person in yr 10 to get one! woohoo

By: Virtualizarte

Virtualizarte — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:21:20 +0000

As graphic designers, we have been chained to the desktop or had to carry our laptop and the wacom board digitizer and its cable when working outside the studio. iPad has changed all that, now we can do sketches and illustrations wherever we are with no cables,keyboard or accessories more than a small screen and our hands, now we can move projects from anywhere, it’s fast, versatile, has the right size to be super comfortable. it is incredible that when returning to the studio, we just had advanced with our customers up to 70% of the graphics during the brief. You can also show an impacting presentation to your customers and let them inter-actuate with the iPad to improve communications in-between.

We have no doubt that this is the real future on interactive designers tools

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:48:18 +0000

I decided to purchase the iPad firstly as a device to take to uni that wasn’t as heavy and cumbersome as the my MBPro, as well as the fact that I can use my bluetooth keyboard with it, and with pages installed, turns the device into a pretty nifty word processor.
I also bought it for studio shoots, using the camera and SD connector, I can view photos instantly and using the pinch and zoom to check focusing and detail is indispensable!
Finally it is safe to say, as my friends also insist on telling me, a complete Apple b*tch, and will buy pretty much anything they shove in front of me, especially as I still haven’t changed my safari homepage from the apple news blog…dangerous…

By: Dan Avery

Dan Avery — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:39:31 +0000

I purchased an iPad to take with me to client meetings. To take notes, show them comps, etc. But I’m finding that it’s really changed my work flow. I now do all my reading on the iPad — sites, emails, twitter, blogs, and rss feeds. It’s highly portable so I get a lot of reading done in transit, while waiting, even in line at the supermarket. And it is great for notes, stray thoughts, sudden brainstorming sessions, and the odd site fix with Gusto.

Clients have fun using the web browser to look at the test site, or what have you. Their face actually lights up. Late at night I can get caught up on twitter and not wake my wife who is sleeping right next to me.

Now when I sit down at my desk, I get several hours of solid work down because there is no email in the background, no open twitter app, no open browser for anything except when I’m coding stylesheets. Putting all that distract and clutter onto the iPad was the best decision I’ve made in a long time.

By: MarkC_OZ

MarkC_OZ — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:18:35 +0000

Having owned my iPad for now nearly 2 months I’ve used it in so many more ways than I originally anticipated. Just prior to it’s launch in January, I was in the market for a netbook. What I’ve discovered is that the iPad can do so many more things thanks to the App store. I use it for work with sign my Pad PDF app, Evernote, pages and Keynote. Every morning i browse the daily newspaper site, all of my banking is done on it, email and design based sites. Takes only 5 seconds to start up and has replaced 90% of all the functions previously done on my iPhone and is presented much richer and interactively than my iPhone 3G.

All in all, the iPad is not a replacement for a desktop or equivalent laptop, but basic browsing, e-reading, email, games and basic work duties are well executeable on it. Does it fail without Flash? No. Does it lack USB ports? Yes, but the Apple camera adapters also allow the use of some other limited USB devices. Does it fail without a webcam? Not for me. Seriously, how many people use these? I would imagine less than the number of people complaining about the lack of presence of one on the unit. It’s a nice to have but not essential for me.

Apple have been able to capture a larger slice of the market via the App store through the engenious abilities of the App developers.

The ensuing 6 – 12 months will present us with version upon version of tablets taken from the iPad, will it be iOS, Windows, Andriod or something different based?

By: aRSi

aRSi — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:41:36 +0000

I bought an ipad primarily for its sketching capabilities. It saves me from always having to carry around a sketchbook, pencils, pens and markers.

I usually get the best ideas doing random mundane things so having a portable device where I can type, write or sketch my ideas down quickly is very useful. The best thing about it is that I can email those ideas directly to my desktop for further fleshing out. Days where you pull out your sketchbook as reference or scan your pages to use on a desktop are things of the past.

With that being said though, the ipad is still far from being your first choice as a go-to device for the office. Even with having every stylus available for it, the lack of pressure-sensitivity is a big disappointment. Another disappointing thing about the ipad is it’s limited photo gallery app. Currently it does not support sub-folders or categories. During meetings where you’re discussing past campaigns, iterations or layouts, it would be nice to be able to drill down into sub-categories or sub-albums like you’ve got your photos categorized in windows explorer or mac finder. I also still find the best note-taking apps lacking in speed and efficiency.

Aside from all that, I love the fact that I basically carry around a digital portfolio with me wherever I go and can show friends and clients my work with the tap of a button using the slideshow feature. Reading magazines on the ipad with the ability to really zoom in to the photos is great and with mags like web designer, having the tutorial up on your ipad while following along on your desktop is great.

The more I use the ipad, the more I’m drawn towards it and see how it can only improve in the future. While it is still far from replacing your primary devices, it is definitely a step forward.

By: Carl Bruiners

Carl Bruiners — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:04:44 +0000

I had one a week after launch in the UK.

At first I wasn’t sure about the iPad, before I recieved it.

Now, I’m completely converted. No need for the pretty rubbish netbooks and no longer a need for a over the top, battery hungry iPhone.

Since using my iPad, I can’t stand using my iPhone for anything other than making phone calls. The screens just too small, the iPad’s screen is a joy to use, its great for watching near hi-def vids, music, reading Web Designer mag (pls, pls add a preview feature for back catalogue), simple games, doing work and web browsing.

I’m a gagdet freak, having owed virtually every gadget made over the last 15 yrs, I can genuinely say that the iPad is biggest surprise to date, its impressed me massively when I initially thought it would pretty average.