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Its beautiful, it really is, a little heavier than I thought it would be, the screen is magnificent and my biggest surprise was how snappy it is. Opening apps, pictures and browsing stuff is just surprisingly fast for a device that small, especially if you have spent some time with an Atom powered netbook like I did in the past months, I was expecting something like that and was amazed by the speed. Battery time is ok. The big problem is your fingers will show on that huge screen as they keep touching in, they seem to stay much more than on an iPhone 3GS. I keep cleaning my iPad. Instead of doing a review by features, I will do a review by most common usage I (was) expecting. Reading books the good: I have been reading for months on a Kindle then a Kindle DX and was pleased to see that Kindle for iPad was already available, all the books I have in my virtual library showed up immediately and the book I am reading now, Born to Run, opened at the page I left it on the Kindle. Turning pages is really fast and if you have books with graphics or photos (I bought a book on learning photography) it just does not compare to the Kindle as it shows instantly (the Kindle takes a long time to show complex graphics) and in color. the bad: It is poorly sunlight readable and you cant read on an iPad with sunglasses on (at least with polarized sunglasses like I have), you surprisingly cant get two pages of a book show in landscape mode and if you have any kindle subscription for press …

Using an IR led array and some reflective tape, you can track fingers in thin air using the Wii Remote by Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University. The grid software is a custom program written using a C# wiimote library and DirectX. More information about the grid software can be found at www.cs.cmu.edu

A video showing a few sketches done on Sketchbook pro and Brushes for the Ipad. I used a pogo stylus and a glove to prevent drawing on the screen with my palm (I drag my hand when I draw). If you are looking for a pogo stylus try amazon or ebay. The glove can be anything you want, you can use a weight lifting glove which I happened to have or a fleece glove that you can cut the fingers out. If you have any questions just ask. These are very quick sketches just to show that you can sketch easily on the Ipad. Take in mind this device does not have any pressure sensitivity, I fake it by playing with opacity. Both Sketchbook pro and Brushes are amazing and easy to use art programs for the Ipad.

A really quick sketch I started on the Ipad. I just downloaded the new version of sketchbook for it and brushes. At the moment I am leaning more towards sketchbook as it is more powerful in my eyes, and replicates line work better. The ipad is turning out to be pretty neat. I am using the pogo stylus to draw and a glove that exposes my fingers so I can glide my palm and not draw at the same time. So that would explain the glove in the video :3 This is a really quick video, much better video soon when I have the time.

my cat enjoys the future! edit: the screen is fine! cat’s claws are not as strong as glass. also: don’t declaw your cat: its like lopping off your fingers at the last joint! trim their nails instead the apps are Noby Noby Boy (2 bucks) and Magic Piano (3 bucks).