iPad Has Arrived

Gots me my iPad by FedEx today. I had no clue it took 3 days to go 220 miles but apparently FedEx takes their sweet time from Memphis to Southern Illinois.

Now that I have my hands on it I gotta admit that I am impressed. The sleekness of it is unbelievable.  It almost feels like I could break it if I set it down too hard.

The wi-fi is awesome.  So far I've had no trouble getting a signal.  I haven't tried the 3G yet and hopefully won't have to for a couple weeks.  I'm not entirely sold on the Safari browser just yet but I assume that's cosmetics more than anything else.

One thing I've noticed right off the bat is I hate the lack of a webcam.  I do not understand the motive behind that one.  Another thing that is pesky is the keyboard.  Very touchy.  Impossible to write anything of substance with it.  Good for quick emails and great for just surfing.  I can guarantee you I won't be doing any blog posting with it.

Not that I've had much time to adjust to it yet, the best part and the reason I purchased it was for the iBooks. Coolest thing ever.  When you're reading a page from a book it literally feels like you are holding the book in your hand.  I almost need a book marker, or a highlighter to mark it up (pesky habit I picked up in grad school).  So for the most part I'm impressed.  I've yet to check out any other apps besides iBooks so if anybody knows of any good ones let me know.