Hi All!
I'm a regular member at the Android portion of this website and write and host a Tech Forum for a Cooking Website that I'm trying to bring into the 21st Century.
On that forum, there has been an EXTREME amount of interest about the new iPad launch but not a single member has one. Many members have iProducts: iPhones, iTouch and iPod's but as of yet, it's Virgin Territory for those members and iPads.
I want to be exceedinly fair to the Apple Community and hear directly from admirerers of Apple products and exclusively users of the iPad 1 or 2, so I can give feedback to the men and women who love to cook but are terrified of new technology.
I read CNN Tech News, AllTouch, Cnet, Amazon Forums for Android and Apple and other sources but I'm reading skewed accounts of what iPad users want their tablets for. No matter where I read it, it sounds as if the reason why 90% of buyers get the iPad is to a) game, b) read email, c) look at videos, d) facebook...and now e) play with GarageBand and Angry Birds, of course. From The Chicago Tribune to the S.F. Chronicles, I've read how Mum's are giving their 8 years olds their old iPad "to play with" so they can buy the new iPad2.
Wow! This isn't a good image of the iPad2, in these still hard economic times where so many people are out of work, gas prices are through the roof, and many people are cutting out cable, Starbuck's and dining out to survive.
I need this image changed, or varified, with YOUR posts. Fundamentally, does the iPad 1 & 2 just attract the small, wealthy and recession-proof segment of society that can spend $1000 in one years time for iPad1 and 2? Are only gamers, tweeters and farmville people the primary users? I own a different OS tablet and 90% of it's use is dedicated to business. I rooted it to delete all social media and gaming to free up space. It's a brilliant machine for work, but I don't use it to "play".
I'm hoping that I'll receive some honest and helpful answers that I can use to inform and educate a large group of people with money in their pockets, who would like to know if the iPad2 is the right purchase for themselves. This is a conservative and fairly wealthy segment I write for, who "think" before they buy and must have the facts down before they commit. Just getting them used to the concept of e-books has been a huge accomplishment.
Thanks in advance. I respect the Apple Community and hope my post reflects that respect. I'd just like to find out if the primary use of the iPad is fun, business, or a blend of both for most users.
I'm a regular member at the Android portion of this website and write and host a Tech Forum for a Cooking Website that I'm trying to bring into the 21st Century.
On that forum, there has been an EXTREME amount of interest about the new iPad launch but not a single member has one. Many members have iProducts: iPhones, iTouch and iPod's but as of yet, it's Virgin Territory for those members and iPads.
I want to be exceedinly fair to the Apple Community and hear directly from admirerers of Apple products and exclusively users of the iPad 1 or 2, so I can give feedback to the men and women who love to cook but are terrified of new technology.
I read CNN Tech News, AllTouch, Cnet, Amazon Forums for Android and Apple and other sources but I'm reading skewed accounts of what iPad users want their tablets for. No matter where I read it, it sounds as if the reason why 90% of buyers get the iPad is to a) game, b) read email, c) look at videos, d) facebook...and now e) play with GarageBand and Angry Birds, of course. From The Chicago Tribune to the S.F. Chronicles, I've read how Mum's are giving their 8 years olds their old iPad "to play with" so they can buy the new iPad2.
Wow! This isn't a good image of the iPad2, in these still hard economic times where so many people are out of work, gas prices are through the roof, and many people are cutting out cable, Starbuck's and dining out to survive.
I need this image changed, or varified, with YOUR posts. Fundamentally, does the iPad 1 & 2 just attract the small, wealthy and recession-proof segment of society that can spend $1000 in one years time for iPad1 and 2? Are only gamers, tweeters and farmville people the primary users? I own a different OS tablet and 90% of it's use is dedicated to business. I rooted it to delete all social media and gaming to free up space. It's a brilliant machine for work, but I don't use it to "play".
I'm hoping that I'll receive some honest and helpful answers that I can use to inform and educate a large group of people with money in their pockets, who would like to know if the iPad2 is the right purchase for themselves. This is a conservative and fairly wealthy segment I write for, who "think" before they buy and must have the facts down before they commit. Just getting them used to the concept of e-books has been a huge accomplishment.
Thanks in advance. I respect the Apple Community and hope my post reflects that respect. I'd just like to find out if the primary use of the iPad is fun, business, or a blend of both for most users.