Phendrana Drifts

I have agonized and agonized and today was the deadline to make the decision and I have decided to defer once again, but in all likelihood that deferral means I’ll take a pass.

I want to be gadget cool. I want to be surfing the internet in Starbucks on an iPad. Except I have no real idea what I’ll do on a iPad over my present iPhone or MacBook Pro.

I went to the Apple Store today and touched one for the first time in any meaningful way, and I can’t deny its very slick. Everything works and moves the way you expect Apple stuff to work. I’m sure it is everything Steve Jobs and friends claim it is, but for the life of me I still don’t know where I will use it over my other two primary devices. I can see surfing in bed with it over my iPhone. And I know at first I will take it to the coffee shop over the MacBook Pro. But I’m not so sure in the long run. The keyboard, while of course much better than the iPhone, was certainly not a typist’s dream. I tried a few times to touch type and failed. Of course there is a snazzy keyboard/dock, but that is a little expensive (although to be honest this exercize is already bourgeois, cost isn’t the major factor) and more importantly adds bulk and stuff to the package which enhances the value of the notebook.

I’ve quizzed people with one, read on the internet and asked random users what they use their iPad for and still haven’t come to a solid conclusion. As much as I hate to say it, until I come up with a use for it, I’m skipping the iPad.