If I am sitting on my couch and I want to type an email, or if I am on a train or bus etc, how would I be able to type on it. It won't stay upright on my lap. Does this mean I would have to hold it with one hand and type with the other, or would have to lay it flat on my laps and bend foward to type.
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How will ipad be used without a table to set it on.
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Once you buy one of the 70,000 silicone sleeves that will come out for it, the silicone will make it "stick" to your legs as you lay on the couch. Just enough friction to keep it from sliding.
People seriously can't figure this out by themselves? You can hold it however you want... on your lap, in one hand, whatever works.
Pur fert table top.
How about a bluetooth keyboard on my lap and an iPad propped up on the coffee table in front of me? Of course, for typing urls or short messages it will be the same thing I have to do with my iPod touch now, hold it in one hand and peck with one finger using the other hand.
Sitting with it on your lap and staring down on it to type would lead to a lot of neck pain. I think people are missing something that is being left unsaid by Apple: The iPad is intended as a viewer more than as an input device. Sure, you can type on the thing, but it is better suited for watching movies or reading ebooks (if you don't mind the backlight).
Sitting with it on your lap and staring down on it to type would lead to a lot of neck pain. I think people are missing something that is being left unsaid by Apple: The iPad is intended as a viewer more than as an input device. Sure, you can type on the thing, but it is better suited for watching movies or reading ebooks (if you don't mind the backlight).
The case which Steve announced last week may actually work quite well but I'm sure 3rd party cases will offer a better solution as the Apple one seems a little 'cheap' and flimsy looking!
stands
You can either buy them, make them, or just look around your place as you probably have something that works well already.
I have lots of various tablet/Kindle stands and the most useful are probably cheap, light weight book stands as they can be used for a variety of things
You can either buy them, make them, or just look around your place as you probably have something that works well already.
I have lots of various tablet/Kindle stands and the most useful are probably cheap, light weight book stands as they can be used for a variety of things
I think they expect people to "tweak" their iworks content on the iPad. Do you remember when Steve Jobs said "And if you want to write War and Peace..." just before showing the keyboard dock? To me he was implying that serious text input requires a real keyboard.
There are fresh rumors about a handwriting recognition feature in an upcoming model and even a (post iPad) rumor about a tablet Mac. I hope Apple decides to do this. While I might opt for iPad for cost reasons, it would be great to have a $999 version with 128 gig of internal storage, a bundled bt keyboard and OS X with tablet extensions borrowed from iPhone OS. After all, iPhone OS is supposed to be a branch off of the OS X code tree.
