It'd glorious. I would much rather do any casual net browsing on the iPad because it's easier to read. Then throw in the fact that you can be much more comfortable, take it more places, and not feel like a dork sitting with a laptop while everyone else is watching TV. I loaded a whole bunch of family photos onto it which really becomes 'magical' when you're visiting relatives etc. It's also easy to pass around or crowd around.
Makes consuming academic papers and online lectures much more palatable (that's the main reason I bought it). I'm pretty fast at typing on it only problem is often I hit N instead of spacebar.
Not into the handheld gaming scene but it's got me back into online chess - iPhone screen was too small for that.
Not done a lot of book reading but on the other hand I installed a pagedump of Wikipedia for offline access, so as a reference tool it's brilliant (I also have a Python Docs app). Makes a good compliment to desktop computers for when you need a second screen for something. Or use it as a TV/radio.
And of course I'm sure many great apps will be invented in the future.
P.s. It's worth stressing just how great the battery is - genuinely lasts all day, greatly enhancing the portability factor
Makes consuming academic papers and online lectures much more palatable (that's the main reason I bought it). I'm pretty fast at typing on it only problem is often I hit N instead of spacebar.
Not into the handheld gaming scene but it's got me back into online chess - iPhone screen was too small for that.
Not done a lot of book reading but on the other hand I installed a pagedump of Wikipedia for offline access, so as a reference tool it's brilliant (I also have a Python Docs app). Makes a good compliment to desktop computers for when you need a second screen for something. Or use it as a TV/radio.
And of course I'm sure many great apps will be invented in the future.
P.s. It's worth stressing just how great the battery is - genuinely lasts all day, greatly enhancing the portability factor