iPad

Written by RJ on February 17, 2014. Posted in Discovery

I guess a good question to ask is “Why buy anything?” I felt it was time. I seem to have taken on some new endeavors that I think will require me to have better mobile access to information and display. I have not yet performed any speaking engagements or conducted any meetings, but I want to be able to do those things someday with some respectability. I would like to present myself and my cause in some kind of professional manner that says I know what I am talking about.

As I talked to different people about whether to buy a notebook or a tablet, everyone asked me the same question before giving me any advice. “What are you going to use it for?” Even today when I went to the Apple store thinking I was going to leave with a new netbook. The salesman there asked me that question and when I answered that I wanted more mobility to blog and make presentations of websites and information to groups, he pointed me directly to this iPad. He thought it was a much better value for my purpose and I was certainly influenced by his expertise. When he told me that it is Apple’s policy to allow up to two weeks for me to change my mind and return my purchase with no service charges, I figured I couldn’t go wrong. So I bought the iPad and a cover for it that is also a small keyboard and stand and brought it home. I am using it right now for the first time, typing on the keyboard which is connected via bluetooth technology to the iPad. I must admit that I don’t hate it. The keyboard is small and would probably annoy people with actual typing skills. I have none of those so it doesn’t bother me so much.

The Apple guy also explained to me how easy it is to use iPad to make presentations. With iPad, AppleTV and a projector I could entertain a roomful of interested people and make a pitch for money, compassion or understanding. And I could carry it all in a small backpack. I don’t have any presentations scheduled right now but it’s good to know that I have the infrastructure to handle what I need whenever I need it.

I keep reaching for the mouse. There is no mouse. This is a touch screen which eliminates the need for a mouse because you simply touch the area where you would have clicked your mouse in tech generations prior to this. But with the addition of the keyboard, I now have the best of everything. Admittedly, the iPad is a dummied down version of computerization. The netbooks I was looking at are much more powerful devices and offer much more in the realm of computer experience.

All in all, after typing this entry I have decided to keep my iPad for at least a few days to see how it fits me. So far I am more pleased with it than I thought I would be. The typing part is not great but better than I expected. And it is so lightweight and portable. I guess in a way it’s like having a very large iPhone except for the phone part. But because of the size and the speed, iPad is truly a different device. Today I will be taking it with me to help someone with a website and I’m looking forward to seeing how well it performs in a mobile application. Since I bought it with that specific purpose in mind, I expect it to perform well.

I met a man last week who lost his wife about four weeks ago and he is interested in a website to honor her memory. Sounds kind of familiar. So I told him I would try to help him get started. I don’t know how difficult that will be but it probably won’t be easy. His loss is so fresh and I know how angry and hurt he is. Hopefully I can put him on a path where he can write about her and share their memories. I know first hand how that can help the healing. I might even have invented it. So I had to include that mention of helping someone with their loss to qualify this article for lovelosshealing.com. Otherwise I would have been writing only about buying an iPad and that is pretty boring.

Sent from my iPad

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