10 Things you must be Concerned Before Buying an iPad

No more waiting, no more speculating, the iPad is out and it is hitting the market by storm or is it? With the slick looks weighing only at 1.5 pounds and only 0.5 inch thin, the device can be easily carried out in the hand bag or school bag. There are lot of opinions out there rating the device as the next big thing to nothing more then an oversize iPod. Here are the 10 facts you need to check out before dashing down the electronic store to get one.

1. Touch Screen – It is the next generation of the traditional laptop. No more cumbersome keyboards as data entry can be captured via the Touch Screen. The touch screen is very similar to the iPhone but has been enhance for a larger screen size. Other improvements are the accuracy of the touch movement enable you to better control your scrolling, dragging, minimize and maximize the size of the windows.

2. Battery Life – Up to 10 hours it can last, this will able you to use the iPad during the day without having to worry bringing along the cable.

3. Accessories – Heaps of available gadget that can be plug into this device ranging from Keyboard dock, SD/USB connection kit, VGA display adaptor, steering wheel frame for playing game.

Keyboard dock is around $70
Case cost is around $40
SD/USB connection is around $30
iPad USB Power Adapter
VGA display adaptor costs around $30 (1024x768)

Keyboard Dock Image	iPad Camera Connection Kit

4. Connectivity – iPad will allows you to connect to the quickest wireless network connections available today. If you purchase the iPad through the mobile telecommunication network then you can upgrade for the 3G version which enable you to download data via the internet. You cannot make phone call on iPad because it is not a mobile phone.

At the bottom of iPad there is a 30 pin connection which can be use to dock the device to other accessory such as the Keyboard Dock or Camera Connection Kit.

It has Bluetooth and Enhanced Data Rate technologies for fast wireless access up to 3Mbps

5. Internet Browsing – iPad come along with the Safari browser, so you will be able to browse the web, however there is a limitation to the software is that they don’t support flash. Many website uses flash for a nice presentation so you won’t be able to see sites with flash file.

6. Multi Tasking – Unfortunately just like its brother iPhone, only one application can open at a time. So if you are thinking to download something while doing some reading then you can’t. You have to finish one task first before you can move on to the next.

7. Camera – No camera is built into the iPad. Unbelievable but true, Apple have left out the camera which make it even less appealing to buy the device. So if you want to take some pictures and upload it to FaceBook then iPad is not for you.

8. Built-In software – iPad come along with 12 softwares for you to use including iTunes, iBook, iPhoto and etc. It appears that iPad runs a modified version of the iPhone Operating System so you will be able to run all of the games from the App Store. They are aiming to have developer to create application specifically just for the iPad

9. Media – It is a great device to bring around to view photos, video and listening to music. Further more it could be used for sales presentation by the trades people or real estate agent wanting to quickly show pictures or documentation of the property.

10. Price – The base model come with 16GB of storage space, 1Ghz at a price of $499. Of course you can upgrade some of these specs buy paying more.

Now that you know what’s in an iPad you can decide wether to buy it or not.