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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
That's precisely what I'd like to do. Having to close a word processing app, open a browser app, surf the web, close that app, re-open open the word-processing app, then re-open my document and locate the place where I left off seems a tad cumbersome; but in all fairness, I speak as someone who has no actual experience with the iPad outside of a few minutes playing around with one in an Apple store. How's it working for you? I'm only speaking from what I imagine the experience to be like.
In truth; for what it is, it seems quite a remarkable device. I was extremely impressed with the rapid touch response of the virtual keyboard. It blows my e-ink keyboards, both physical (Kindle) and virtual (Sony PRS-600 and Nook) out of the water.
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I don't do work on my iPad. It's strictly recreational. About the only thing that bothers me right now is that I can't download mp3 files into iTunes from my browser. One would think that there would be an "open in iTunes" option.
Also, Mobileread is not optimized for iPad. Typing comments is klutzy if they are more than a few lines long, even with my Bluetooth keyboard.
Most glitches with apps - and there aren't many - can be resolved by a reboot. A couple required me to attach to my desktop & sync to resolve. Right now iTunes is crashing when it try to open it but I'm on the road so just have to live with it.
It's replaced my laptop, but only because I also have a desktop for more intensive work. The iPad is about 80 percent of a full scale computer. I tend to think of it as a mobile screen for my desktop. In fact, I believe that there are apps which would allow me to control my desktop from the iPad. My sense o the matter is that I own one computer system which can be accessed from multiple locations with my iPhone, iPad and desktop.
I never used to take my laptop on the road because it was a nuisance. The iPad is no trouble at all. At home, I use it in my easy chair or on the patio. Much easier than the laptop.