So Who Folded and bought an IPad?

[cats2books]

I bought the iPad 2 on the release date and I absolutely love it! I used my final bonus check prior to my retirement on May 6th. I use the iPad for this forum (there is an ER app). I also use it for email, watching netflix when I am cooking, plus the various recipe apps. I use every day. It is my favorite "toy".

 

[audreyh1]

I am curious about the videos. Do you stream them? Download them? Free? Purchased? I have thought about using a pad or my Nook Color for videos for watching on planes but I haven't paid much attention to sources. I am particularly interested in free sources -- after all, I am ERd.

Pretty much all free so far. I am mostly watching YouTube videos. These are streamed, obviously, so not easy to watch on a plane. Some of the other sites now support the iPad video formats, so some of them I watch from Safari, but they work just like the YouTube Ap.

Audrey

 

[audreyh1]

iPad thumb syndrome?

If we had two more hands (maybe branching off from our current elbows), it would make typing on the iPad a breeze. They could fold up against the current arm and hand until needed, then be pulled out and activated when an iPad is being used.

This is funny. I actually type using my two index fingers with my iPad propped on my lap. Al has and iPod Touch so that is a little easier to hold in two hands and type with thumbs.

 

[audreyh1]

If he has an ipad2 or a Mac with a camera, and you got an ipad2, you could use FaceTime to see that new grandbaby! ...anytime.

R

This is what we do in our family. We all have Macs with built-in cameras and video chat is a built-in feature. It's easy to visit family in Amsterdam via video chat and great for the new baby nephew. It's great for my 80-year-old Dad who just now got his first grandchild, but born across the pond.

And if I upgrade to iPad2, the built-in cameras will be one of the reasons.