Happy birthday iPad

Since a year the iPad is on the market. It's been available here for slightly over eight months. And still I get lots of questions about it from people who show interest, but who do not know what to do with it. And every time I have to explain that, yes, it's just a big iPhone, without the phone, and no, it is something very different.
Apple got mocked for calling it magical, but that seems the correct term for it. The big screen size, combined with the responsiveness of the touch interface, combined with the fact that the screen shows the app in full, without any UI element of the OS, allows you to be immersed into your app. This effect is so much stronger on the iPad than on the iPhone that it seems magical.
I've been trying to figure out where that difference comes from. And to me, it stems from the bigger screen, combined with the fact that I use it with one app at the time. This gives such focus to what I'm doing with it, that I feel immersed in the app. Whether it's reading e-mail, e-books, tweets, or the Economist, or when it's 'just' a simple game like Doodle Jump or Sudoku, the iPad morphs into that app. And it's this morphing quality that makes it special and that somehow lacks on the iPhone. The specs of the iPad help here, especially the battery life. But it's the absence of any sign of anything other than the current app that makes this possible. And that is thanks to the operating system. iOS gets out of your way and lets you get on with your things.

The iPad 2 seems to have everything that makes it even more immersive: more ram, faster processor, thinner and lighter. Combined with a unobtrusive OS, it is a must buy for any doubter.

Zaaf

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