iPad Hands On

POSTED BY DANNY CHOO On Sat 2010/05/01 21:00 JST in Mac
I've been poisoned. Didn't think much about the iPad when it was first announced but now that I've poked about with one, I think I want it ^^;
Many comrades around me including Fukuoka-san from ASCII have an iPad in their possession which they got from the US. The Japanese iPad doesn't come out until end of this month I think.
We've talked about the possibilities of how one would use it in ones daily workflow and also about the business possibilities too.
Tokyo Kawaii Magazine is an iPhone/iPod publication by ASCII which I've started to write for - my first article will be published in the June edition. Expect an iPad version too.
Ken Lee's iPad. If a meteorite did strike the house with an iPad inside, I'd use it for web/mail browsing around the house as well as book/manga reading/video watching while lazing on the bean bag in the lounge. If I had one when I was younger, I would have probably used it to store a load of health material away from mums prying eyes.
The most important thing however is that I would need one to test out the applications that we plan on releasing on the device.
Shame it doesn't come with a forward facing camera as it would be excellent for a Skype unit.
Any of you got you hands on one? Have your views changed since you played with one or is it still just an expensive door stopper?