Just asking.
It attracts a lot of attention and for some reason I am little uncomfortable using it on NYC subways.
It attracts a lot of attention and for some reason I am little uncomfortable using it on NYC subways.
yes, that's why i keep it in a moleskin type case so no one knows its an ipad I am reading.
A lot of people have had their iPads grabbed while waiting on the platform
I am over 183cm and have a shaved head, people generally assume I am the one who is going to the mugging.
I try to be very discreet about using my iPad in public.
One, because they're still new devices and they do attract attention. I was recently in a dramatic production and while waiting backstage for my part I would use my iPad. Virtually every other cast member around was doing exactly the same: reading with their iPhones, BlackBerries, playing games with their PSPs, typing on their laptops, whatever. Yet I overheard some nasty comments about "that guy" who's "waving the iPad around". Just by virtue of it being new, everyone noticed the iPad while the phones and laptops remained invisible. (It actually left a real bad taste in my mouth about these people who I thought were my friends, but that's another story.)
Two, because I have been known to set it down and forget it. It's just too big to pocket and I don't carry a backpack or anything. Once I set it down near my legs at a restaurant and forgot all about it -- raced back for it 20 minutes after I left. Thankfully since nobody had noticed me bringing it in, it was still exactly where I left it, under the table I sat at.
Actually, for both these same reasons, I am strongly considering my next device to be an iPhone 5 instead of an iPad 3, when those respective devices get released.
I dont use my iPad 2 on the subway. I'm usually super tired in the morning. However, I do see a few of people using iPad 1 on the subway. I will however pull out my iPhone on the subway if I need to switch tracks or what not.
Now, in my case, I do use my iPad 2 on the Metro-North which is a commuter train. A lot of people use the iPad on the Metro-North.
I think that's ridiculous that people think you're "waving it around". Simply sitting there and using it is not waving it around. There is a lady on the train I ride in to work every day who likes to sit and tell her friend in a very loud voice how great her iPad is. You can tell she wants the whole rest of the train car to hear her too. THAT is waving it around.