I bring my iPad Mini 2 with me on the bus. I download manga/eBooks and read it that way, or play games.
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Do you take your ipad on the go?
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I do take my iPad Air 2 out once in a while, but I've found that when I have grading to do, or other work, such as tweaking graphics for online courses, or doing basic page tweaking in a program like Dreamweaver, it's just a whole lot easier to use my 13 " MacBook Pro (or Macbook Air before that), than an iPad. I actually think this is my last iPad....
No. I found that once I had the Air 2, the Mini never got used. I sold it to a friend. It's definitely more portable than either Air model though.
IpT and Galaxy s4 are the devices that are always with me since they fit in my pockets. I only take the Air on shorter vacations
My iPad Air 2 goes everywhere with me. I use it for meetings at work as well as on my lunch break. I use my iPad most of the time at home, but also have a MacBook Pro. I'm going on vacation in 4 weeks time & will be away for 6 weeks. It will be interesting since it's the first time that I plan on keeping the MacBook at home & only use my iPad & iPhone for that length of time.
Yes. Always. Being a guy, i take my rMini with me because it fits the back pocket of my shorts and thats all i wear. My 94 mile commute daily is filled with traffic woes and my job is restrictive on internet use. Once in a while I'll take the Air.
In the winter, I wear long (big boy) pants. I buy a brand that permits back pocket carry.
I have carried it 24/7's since the Mini one was introduced. i cant wait for the rMini 4.
I usually use my iPad at home or the office and school, so it's kind of on the go but still mostly used in a sit-down setting. However, I took my iPad mini to the Dodgers game this past Friday night just to check out highlights on MLB.TV again and check in on other games between innings with friends. First time I've done that and it was pretty fun. Wifi was surprisingly reliable at the ballpark too.
It's with me probably 80% of the time, including to work everyday. I just use a Fintie brand folio case that works perfectly.
I take an iPad Air with me to anywhere I go - FaceTime, Netflix, FaceBook, and I tweeted too much....
I used to take my iPad Mini with me everywhere until I got the iPhone 6 Plus.....now I am fine leaving the iPad Mini at home and just going out with the phone unless I think I'll be doing a lot of emailing and checking forums, etc. Interestingly, though, I have found that I am just as happy carrying my iPad Air 2 with me on those occasions instead of the Mini, and it seems to have become the device of choice overall. This fall, I have the feeling that I'll end up getting a new iPad Air 3 but not necessarily bothering with the iPad Mini 4.
I have a MacBook but I'd always pick my iPad over a computer for 99% of tasks.
I use my iPad out on my deck in warm weather and also for reading in bed -- it's much easier to handle either the iPad Mini or the iPad Air 2 in bed than it is a laptop. Rarely do I bother taking the rMBP out on the deck, although I have a couple of times when there was something I needed to do with it that cannot be handled by the iPad.
Use a PC to do complicated jobs at home or the office, use an iPad to watch videos and play games at home, take iPhone 6 Plus with me anywhere else.
Different strokes for different folks
I've heard of one person use it as a gaming device, but nothing much else. Does everything else on laptop/desktop
Another person only uses it for internet and media consumption
Some folks like computing on a couch (or on the toilet :\ ), so a tablet like the iPad works.
Me, I like browsing, sending resumes, dealing with Office files, and writing programming code on a PC. Nice, large 28" screen, mouse, and keyboard. Some games are only for PC, and even when I have a choice, paying more $$ for the PC/Steam version means I won't have to deal with the freemium version that iOS often gets.
For tablets, I'd use them on road since I can't take my desktop with me.
For folks who were paying attention to PDAs and handheld electronic devices back around 1995 to 2005, there was Palm OS. Many on the forums said when they got their Palm handhelds, they wanted to explore, download, and use many different apps for them. However, Wifi and wireless internet weren't really common, so they bought a desktop computer as an accessory to these PDAs so they can download those files, and then hotsync it over to their Palms! Quite a shift of paradigm there!