Should you Pre-order the iPad?

Well Apple has done it again with their tremendously anticipated new digital device that they call the iPad.  It was unreal with great fanfare building ever greater height to its availability touted to be in March.  But every colossal device is unleashed on the public debate question that everyone has to consider his motivation pre-ordered the iPad or not.  Don’t let all the buzz talk you into making a purchase.  You really want to consider what the iPad has to offer is not available in the mini-computers already on the market.

What is all the fuss about?

Marketing for Apple says that the iPad add is a touch screen device is supposed to fill the void in performance between an all-out MacBook and the iPhone.  The device looks actually like a large iPod touch has a 9.7 inch screen and has an accelerometer so that you can switch back and forth between portrait and landscape.  While it was rumored that screen might be in OED has released it comes with a liquid crystal display color reproduction and viewing is enhanced by in plane switching also called IPS for short.

If you are going to get a device that you can take with you wherever you go, you will want to connect to the Internet, and the iPad does not disappoint.  Unlike the controversy surrounding the 82.11N availability in the MacBook, the iPad comes with 82.11N WI-FI and Bluetooth for connectivity, for the less geekish, that means data transfer up to 108 MB per second as opposed to the 54 MB per second of its predecessor.  The 82.11G version is available on some models which also have 3G data but the WiFi only versions will be available starting in March, while the 3G units won’t be available until April.  But you can pre-order your iPad earlier than that.

It’s Apple.  So of course it comes with built-in applications, e-mail client, Safari browser, a music player, iTunes store, maps, YouTube client, address book, calendar and aQWERTY keyboard are all standard.  The keyboard however will take up half the screen when it’s used in your vehicle to see geo-tagged pictures in slideshow mode and a photo viewer that has a map mode.

iPad Apps

For those who already have an iPod touch or an iPhone you can relax.  Your existing applications can be synced to the hype had for free.  You can rather than a small box in the middle of the touch screen or by clicking a 2x icon you can maximize them.

The explosion of applications does not slow down with the iPad, there some that already exist such as the New York Times newspaper reader, a painting application, a demo version of the Need for Speed game and even MLB.com application for you baseball buffs.

With this device, Apple has also launched its e-book application called iBooks.  This application supports PE pub format and has been described as Apple’s answer to the Kindle.  You can find titles from Penguin, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and MacMillan and Hatchet in the iBook store.

While there is a full eye Works suite specifically designed for the iPad, individual applications can be bought for $9.99 each so you don’t have to buy the whole thing, only the ones you want.  The program called keynote allows users to create and view presentations.  Presentations would be much good though, unless you can connect the iPAQ to a projector.  Once again, the iPad does not disappoint.  Its word processor program, Pages, allows you to create and edit text documents, and for those of you who routinely use spreadsheets, Numbers is an application where you can edit and create them.

Should you Pre-order the iPad?

So back to the original question, should you pre-order the iPad?  This reviewer gives it an unquestioned thumbs-up.  In addition to being “the first one on your block” to own an iPad, it is during the pre-order time frame that you get the very best deals and the special one-time offers.  It will be very careful though, and do your homework with every retailer getting ready to unleash this new product; you know there are going to be scams galore.  So check around and find the best deal in your market area, but you can’t go wrong investing in the iPad.