iPad

[bolson]

I'm not going to buy an iPad, it's not the device for me, but it may change the way I think about user interface design. This is an option now. This is something I'll think about. Is there something different and better I could do on iPad? I've had a couple game ideas rattling around in my brain and in toy programs since college, and now when I think about them half of the fun is imagining the iPad interface.

I want a book reader - for $100 with $5 books, not $250 with $10 books or $500 with $15 books.
I want a image-backed graphics tablet - I like to draw but not seriously enough for the $900+ things.
I want something super-light to take everywhere, but I still think the full sized hard keyboard of my laptop is going to be key for the kind of creating I'd want to do on the go in random places.

I want it, but not $500 worth, but it's out there and it makes me think.

Comments

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Leo Babauta suggested on Twitter that the purpose of the iPad is really to consume information rather than to create it, and that this separation could be valuable for people who spend a lot of time doing both, as it might help them separate the two activities. I'm not 100% sold on this, but I think it's an interesting idea, at least.

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

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