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	ysss	2010-04-09 , 06:35
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man

I had the chance to try it today, my professor's friend/colleague/former student brought his in and let us try it in the Human Factors class (we also had a discussion about it).

So are they dumb & simple neophytes, as most people here claim apple-fans to be?

*sorry, just had to get real world confirmation somehow*

Oh, one interesting discussion was social politeness with using electronic devices, he brought up that since the iPad (and other tablets) resemble a notebook (not laptop) more it may be perceived as more socially polite than using a laptop or a portable device for say taking notes or writing an email in a social setting such as a classroom.

Very interesting observation. I think this point has to be acknowledged early, so we don't stay in denial too long and miss this boat.

Something with that formfactor, that can be accessed to easily by the non-geek mass can make a huge inroad to the society at large. I've already read remarks here about people being comfortable with giving ipads to their GRANDparents to make use of computing and digital media. Think about the real world repercussion of such thing(!)

So anyone else try the iPad and wanna share their thoughts?

Mine is being held up in custom for a couple of days extra ;( Hopefully I get to play with mine on monday.

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