The iPad is here

From my experience, the iPad launch went pretty smoothly. There were still people at the Apple Store at 9:00 pm last night purchasing product. Not all stores had all three models, but they could be found. The one thing that I'm not sure I like is you have to have a machine with iTunes and the internet in order to even boot your iPad. A little annoying if you aren't going directly home to set it up or carrying your machine with you. But not a major problem.

Setting it up was easy. If you have an iPhone/iTouch and want to move apps from the phone/touch to the iPad, be sure to sync it first. You don't have to sync all your iPhone/iTouch apps to the pad or all of your pad apps to the iPhone/iTouch. If you'd played with the interface for an iPhone or iTouch the iPad interface is very much the same and easy to get around. Don't forget to hit apply when you make changes.

The iWorks app is very nice and easy to use. With the free app, NetPortalLite, you can move files back and forth from your pad to your computer or server quickly and easily. The downside is you have to know the IP your machine resides at. They have a more robust product that allows you to share more information and connect to more devices/computers. The free one is working well for me right now. Don't forget ePrint. That allows you to print to your epson printers. It's very easy and works much like the Printer dialog box on your computer. You don't even have to know the ip address. Bento is a nice addition for quick things like video libraries and things you need when you are out shopping, it works well on both the iPhone/iTouch and the iPad. They also have a third party product that will do FileMaker Pro databases. I haven't gotten there yet.

So far I'm liking the pad and it's doing more than I anticipated. The one think I haven't tried is a presentation. Something else to play with on this Easter Morning. :-) Have a great day!