i am writing this blog entry from my iPad using my wireless bluetooth keyboard and the WordPress app for the iPad. i actually like the interface quite a bit; however, the WordPress app doesn’t quite seem ready from prime time. as i typed the title to this blog entry and hit the tab button to move to the next text field the app crashed — repeatedly (3 times in a row). so i am now using my fingers to just move the cursor to the next field of entry. not optimal, but it works. if the kinks were worked out of this app then i could see this method of adding blog entries as being as good as anything else i do on my main computer. with a bluetooth keyboard i can lounge on the couch and add to my blog and that makes this quite convenient. i’ll have to check out other blogging apps to see if there is something rated better.
but overall the iPad is working its way into my workflow. i still haven’t found a free twitter app that allows me to have multiple Twitter accounts so i use 2 different apps . . . certainly not ideal. but the dictation app works extremely well for my needs. i was able to write 2 emails on the way to work on Friday. i couldn’t send them until i arrived, but it was nice to easily write them while driving with both hands on the steering wheel. i have used iBooks (to read The Great Gatsby) and i am reading The Fourth Way on the Kindle app. they both seem like good book apps, but the Kindle app has better selection and allows me to have the screen black with white text and that’s nice while reading in bed.
i am not ready to say that this is a device of the future, but it’s a nice first step. i don’t think this can replace a laptop for my kids’ needs even though it could do most of what they need for school. the point isn’t to have a device that can almost equal the status quo; rather, it has to add value or, at least not regress so perhaps the iPad version 2???