iPad no More
Well, our iPad has been returned to the mother ship. We took it back to the Apple Store today. The return was precipitated by the touch screen malfunction, but the real reason is that it’s just too expensive and too large for something that is the functional equivalent of an iPod touch or iPhone. If it were a viable laptop (even netbook) equivalent, I would have been happy, but it was deficient compared to either. As a portable media player for music, video and photos, it was superb. That, however, was not my goal. It was a fun test drive and an expensive test drive — given the 10% restocking charge and the $25 I spent on software through the App Store.
April 14th, 2010 at 12:42 am
Sorry to hear about your loss, the restocking fee & lost apps are still better than the think sitting as a paperweight in a few months because it couldn’t handle everything you wanted…
April 14th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Yeah, for us it was an expensive novelty. Too bad. Worth the restocking fee–and still enough left over to just about cover a couple round trip airfares to LA. If we travel without luggage. And they’re not charging for restroom privileges
April 14th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Don’t worry. I’m sure Obama will come up with a bailout plan in a few months for dissatisfied iPad users. Maybe call it iAhShit!!