After two days of using the iPad I am ready to sell my Kindle DX on Craigslist. The iPad does everything the Kindle can do and at a much faster speed.
The iPad is a bit heavy to hold, which makes it cumbersome for reading in bed, but it is not so heavy as to prevent my carrying it to class. I copied my PDF textbooks and lecture notes using Good Reader, and the iPad will be easier to tote than an armful of textbooks and notebooks. This was my principal desire for the Kindle2, Kindle DX, and iPad. it seems that only the iPad will fit the bill.
Typing on the iPad tedious, but I expect a wireless keyboard will solve that problem. Creating this article in the WordPress app is frustratingly slow. After switching to landscape mode with the larger keyboard, I can move along at about 25 words a minute, much slower than my normal pace of 60 wpm.
Overall, a two-day evaluation leaves me even more in love with Apple. While note a replacement for my MacBook Pro, iPad really does place a computer in my hands.
Don’t get any ideas about selling it in the Target parking lot late on a Saturday night on crutches with my husband!