How many people in your family want an iPad?

[mrklaw]

my wife might want one, depending on her trying mine out. In theory I can see it being a better browser than a netbook (she has a samsung NC10) and she pretty much only uses the browser.

Gmail would have to be pretty damn good on it, and IME support for Japanese too.

 

[Night Spring]

and IME support for Japanese too.

It does support Japanese input. First thing I checked, since most of my text input for work is in Japanese.

 

[VenusianSky]

I want one, but I don't want to pay for one. Does that count?

 

[mrklaw]

It does support Japanese input. First thing I checked, since most of my text input for work is in Japanese.

thanks. It'd be nice to have some kind of handwriting/stroke input method too.


Although the screen will be about the same as a netbook, I'm expecting the direct interaction via touch to make it much better than a netbook for browsing.

 

[Jaro65]

My wife loves the iPod Touch I bought for her. She uses it mostly for her puzzle games, email, etc. An iPad is without a doubt going to make a very nice present for her.

 

[dave1812dave]

My wife loves the iPod Touch I bought for her. She uses it mostly for her puzzle games, email, etc. An iPad is without a doubt going to make a very nice present for her.

are u sure? My wife and I both love our Touch's and use them every day. Neither of us has the slightest desire for an iPad.

 

[Night Spring]

thanks. It'd be nice to have some kind of handwriting/stroke input method too.

There's the Chinese handwriting input, but right now it only supports simplified characters, so a lot of characters would look different from the ones used in Japanese. Once they port handwriting input for traditional characters, it should work well in inputting most kanji.