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A comment on Ask HN: Did you order an iPad? Why or why not?.

Re:Ask HN: Did you order an iPad? Why or why not? by protomyth on Saturday March 13, 2010 @01:00PM (#1189267)
Ordered one for work and will order the 3G version myself (need a couple of weeks to build back up the personal budget). Looking at it, I will probably add the Dock and a wireless keyboard. I am not too keen on their case and will probably just by a third part sleeve to protect it in my bag.

The big question for me is what to do about my "actual" computer. I am no longer sure I am going to buy a portable. I might actually buy and iMac or Power Mac. I am really looking at my traveling habits and if I can get by with the iPad.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you order an iPad? Why or why not? by jaxn on Saturday March 13, 2010 @04:25PM (#1189658)
I wonder what it will be like using a keyboard without a mouse. Will there be keyboard shortcuts in mail so that you can burn through email without touching the screen? And then, at what point do you just end up with a laptop again.

I am trusting apple that this thing is meant to be used hands on.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you order an iPad? Why or why not? by protomyth on Saturday March 13, 2010 @04:54PM (#1189707)
I get the feeling that someone will do a text editor that uses the keyboard only and if it has a built in e-mail, etc.

side note: I wonder how emacs would fair in the "no interpreted code"? Probably doesn't matter as anyone who would want to run it on an iPad probably would be a developer and could load it themselves.

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