Helen and I brought an iPad last Thursday, and so with five days of working with it, I thought I’d share my experiences and views. It’s love at first sight. It was heavier than I expected, but in a good way, and it feels solid. Not like some of the iPad clones you see in the shops, so how could you not love it’s design.

The screen is beautiful and bright. Video is clear and crisp, and surfing the web has never been better. Reading blogs, news, etc is perfect, and the games are stunning! I am so glad I brought it, and I am now an Apple fanboy, which is just as well with two iPhone 4′s in the house.

There are now three types of apps in the iTunes app store, those designed for the iPhone specifically, some for the iPad only, and what they now call “universal” apps that work on both platforms. For me, the iPhone only apps are inferior on the iPad. Yes they run, and if you have no alternative, then use them, but they just don’t look good, and only use a small portion of the screen. The other two, universal and iPad only are so much better.mPerhaps its the resolution, but the vast majority are excellent. I’ll review all the apps I am currently using in another post.. but I would certainly recommend buying or upgrading to the iPad specific apps.

I am now trying to understand how best I will use the iPad, andmwhere it fits in my daily life. I have taken it almost everywhere over the past few days, Most of the time unnecessarily, as I have my iPhone 4S, but I wanted to see where and when I can use it. I’m currently in a transitional phase between my laptop and the iPad., and I’m hoping to move all my business accounts and paperwork over to it. My iPad is wedging itself in between my iPhone and my Laptop and who knows where that will lead.

If you were to ask me if I would recommend an iPad, I wouldn’t hesitate.

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