Initial impressions after reviews?

[glxyjones]

Well to surmise my responses...

1) Disappointed that you can't print from the iPad directly.

2) Very surprised by the ability to put files on your desktop. In Ihnatko's written review he mentions that you can either save items to your desktop from an app, an email, or from a "cloud" based service (mobile me's idisk I hope). Then when you click on the file, he says there's a little pop up with asks which app you would like to open the file with. Did I miss this or is this huge news? Now the thought of saving photos to the desktop and opening them up with a Lightroom-lite app (if Adobe ever makes it) is extremely exciting.

3) The ability to communicate between iPhone and iPad over wireless or bluetooth is very encouraging. Hopefully, this will allow transfer of downloaded music in the future so that if I download a song/video on my iPad and I want to take it with me on an even more portable device (my iPhone) I can transfer it wirelessly without the need for a computer.

4) Pleasantly surprised you can fit more than 4 icons in the dock.

5) Still blown away by the speed of the device.

Overall, I'm pleasantly surprised by the reviews so far (with Ihnatko's being the best by far). The iPad is more of a notebook like device than I thought it was going to be and any shortcomings can be overcome with future software updates or apps.

I freaking can't wait till Saturday!!!!

 

[anthonymoody]

I've not had a chance to watch Ihnatko's video - can you say more about Saving to the Desktop? Do you mean...a file icon is created that lives on one of the iPads app screens??? IOW...an icon for a file, instead of an app?

 

[glxyjones]

I've not had a chance to watch Ihnatko's video - can you say more about Saving to the Desktop? Do you mean...a file icon is created that lives on one of the iPads app screens??? IOW...an icon for a file, instead of an app?

Nevermind, I misread his review...

If your boss emails you a Word document and you tap the document icon, Mail will present an “Open In ...” button. Tap it to bring up a list of Word-compatible apps on yor iPad. Select the app you want, and the app will launch and import the document.

Any app can implement this and add its known filetypes to the service. A comic book reader can handle .CBR and CBZ files; a photo editor might offer to handle .PSDs ... etc.

The feature delivers a lot of solutions in the ongoing problem of moving docs on and off the device. If you use a cloud storage service like Box.net, for example, the Box.net iPad app can present you with a list of all of the desktop documents you’ve saved in the cloud, and allow you to import and edit them into any appropriate iPad app.

I apologize but it seems like you can do this from an email or from a 3rd party app like box.net. Still, the ability to open a document from my iDisk is intriguing (if in fact this is possible). To me, this is something that is head and shoulders above the iPhones capability.

 

[anthonymoody]

Thanks for the clarification. Good to hear dropbox officially mentioned. It's free, and generally less flunky than iDisk...

 

[gillybean]

Stephen Fry uploaded a picture of the periodic table app on Twitter, it makes me want an iPad.

 

[anthonymoody]

Yup that things crazy. $14 and probably worth it

 

[andrewb21]

Initial impression after reviews? I'm going to have trouble getting to sleep tonight...I'm too excited for Saturday!

 

[Alchematron]

Want