I know I’ve been a bit MIA lately ’round these parts. Truth is, I haven’t really touched an actual computer keyboard outside work for a week or so now. Why? I’m blaming this thing:
My mother recently gifted me with a shiny new 32GB WiFi iPad 2 … and I’m in love.
I’d wavered back and forth on iPads. When they first came out, I lusted after one SO badly. Then I figured there’s not much I need to do that I can’t do on my MacBook or iPhone, so I stopped obsessing. But since I’ve gotten my hands on this one, all my other gadgets have fallen by the wayside.
I am completely addicted to reading The Daily every evening after work (and doing the crossword and soduku puzzles). I love using Reeder to catch up on my RSS feeds. Friendly for Facebook and the iPad Twitter app keep me updated on my social networks. Mail, Calendar, and 2Do keep me organized. I just picked up an iPad-friendly stylus and Note Taker HD for taking notes at work and at home. I also love reading my Kindle books on here because I read a lot in bed and don’t have a bedside lamp, so the backlighting on the iPad is handy!
Basically I can do about 80-90% of what I do at home on this slick little device. The exceptions that send me reaching for my MacBook instead are design/development work, photo editing in Lightroom or Photoshop, and typing long documents. (I don’t mind the on-screen keyboard but I prefer to type longer documents on a traditional keyboard.) Still, I find myself curled up on the couch with my iPad almost all the time, and my laptop is being very neglected by comparison.
Are you an iPad or tablet owner? What apps do you love?
Do you find yourself reaching for your tablet more often than your computer?
