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How many people still use their ipads ?

I bought mine on UK launch day.

If I could use it more, I would... Basically, because the Senior* Mac Support Specialist* at my work spent all day on Break.com and youtube on a MacBook Pro that he should've given out to a user, the whole Desktop Support team has been told to not use separate equipment at our desks.

Which sucks, I'd loaded a bunch of printer repair pdfs onto it and was also using it for quick note taking, but nevermind...

I read books still on there, watched the Scissor Sisters gig on the iTunes Live app the other night, which for something streamed, was amazing quality, I do most of my web surfing on there and watch shows I want to catch up on whilst I'm on the bus to work. It's great for email still too.

I see myself using it for lots more, if you could use the photos app to help manage your iPhoto/Aperture library, it'd become so much more awesome! Also, 4.0 will make it that little bit more serious for those naysayers.

My 3 year old nephew calls it my 'big iPhone' and loves it. We read Toy Story together on it, the first time he's kept attention for me to read a few pages to him, so I love it for that too.

Oh yeah, the asterisks... *Senior - there's only one Mac support Specialist, so that's a tautology. *Specialist - this guydoesn't care about users workflows and the minute they have a problem during it, he says their workflow is the problem, and he wouldn't know a kext if it bit him on the arse and he can't even check logs to verify whether a user is experiencing numerous kernel panics or just an application crashing. So this is a misnomer.
 
I've used my iPad every day since I bought it - about 2 weeks after launch date. I love it!
 
I use mine every single day!!! :D:D I no longer take my laptop with me when I travel for work. I LOVE my iPad.

Delivered to my door on release date. I haven't put it down since. :)
 
I spend about half my time out of the office at work. I used to take my laptop with me - now it stays on my desk and my iPad comes with me. It's lighter, quicker to turn on, and I can use 3G.

At home, I do all my email and internet browsing on the iPad while sat downstairs. I just use my iMac for photography work and final formatting of documents. And as a media server.
 
I actually use mine a lot less than i did after launch day. It isn't that i'm unhappy with it, i just find certain things to be way more tedious on the iPad than on my MBP. Typing this reply for instance would be a PITA on the iPad. Typing on it isn't bad in and of itself, it's getting it into a comfortable position and then typing.

Mine has been relegated mostly to bed, patio and quick browsing duties. I still use it everyday in the morning when i wake up and when i go to sleep, but not nearly like i did initially. It's still a really cool device, but it didn't fit the needs i had envisioned it filling.

I use my iPhone even less now though. I find browsing at all on that thing to be a complete waste of time.
 
i use my WiFi pretty much everyday for just about everything. at work i take notes and i can send them to my work email for my files. if i need to get something off the web (because we don't have WiFi access) i use my iPhone 3gs. i also use it for reading everything from news articles to books, watching movies and of course the games are great.

there a a few things that i wish it did, or had like print, or have a usb plug but there are just announces and not real problems.
 
Before the iPad, I always had my iMac 24" turned on 24/7.
I'm a graphic and web designer, and now, after a month of iPad, I only turn on the iMac to do hard work with the Creative Suite 5.

iPad is simply awesome.
 
It is an exceptional addition to the family household. My daughter and wife use the wifi unit we have every day. I use my 3g for reading mail and surfing outside at lunch. It's used for more than any other electronic item in our family and has relegated the imac unused at this point.
 
dayloon said:
How many people here who purchased their ipads on launch day still use them as much as they did ?

I'm a bit (well ok, a lot) of a gadget freak and I've resisted the urge to buy an ipad...until i saw one at a local Apple store. Now i want one. Badly.

What's concerning me though is it one of those things which i really want but won't use after the novelty has worn off ?

Decisions decisions
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You're not much of gadget freak, if you don't have an ipad already or even having this dilema. :p
 
I use mine every single day. There's rarely a day that goes by when I don't take it from 100% to 60% charge which is 4 or 5 hours use.
- Julian
 
I use mine at the very least at night before retiring and in bed catching up on things.:D
 
I use it so much, I almost drain the battery on a daily basis. It has rendered my powerfull PC for photo editing only.

It's the most magical electronic device I've ever purchased.
 
I use my iPad daily. MBAir gets used less often...I use it mainly when I am writing articles that need Word integration with EndNote.
 
Yet another thread syarted for what reason? Oh right to see if people still use their ipads. For some reason did you think that 3 million plus users just o e day stopped using their devices?
 
Ive had mine for about a month now and i use it everyday and often. I'm traveling right now and typing this from a friends apartment. On the plane ride it was great. I was able to flip through a few excel sheets (large ones about 10mb each) and send a work email from it.

I used to love I mean LOVE my iPhone. Now it is just a phone. I was extremely skeptical of the iPad. Was very underwhelmed at the announcement keynote. But i got one as a gift and i can honestly say I am amazed by it. For me personally. I still have to use my mac pro for certain things. But 90-95% of all my computing is done on the iPad now.
 
I had the 32GB Wifi model but I sold it for a Macbook pro; I just didn't see any use for it other than as a toy/something to play with between my main computer and iphone. I also wasen't able to use it for much in my line of work (aerospace eng).
 
my situation is weird, i use it for a very important use, note taking in class. this is important to me because my handwriting is terrible and i despise using pen and paper (always have). typing is more natural for me. anyway, i only really use it for a few hours a week tops and thats when i have class. so its indispensable to me but not often used. that will probably change when the fall semester starts. i only have two summer classes.
 
Using it now. It's perfect for laying down before going to sleep. That's always been my primary reason for having one, use it every night.
Sometimes I take it to another room or for a ride somewhere.

I use my Mac when I'm up or for more intensive things, and the new iPhone when I leave home.

They all have their purpose and do great.
 
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