7 days with an iPad (and only an iPad)

The title is a little misleading. At the beginning of the article, the author states that he is also using a bluetooth keyboard, since the on-screen keyboard is ill-suited for anything beyond "brief emails and outlines."

At the end, the author says: "It's not that it can't do real work, though. You just have to have the right apps, the right hardware, and be willing to work around the interface's limitations as you go."

Why choose an inefficient platform when you need to do "real" work? The tablet platform (iPad or otherwise) has it's place, but it sounds like true content creation isn't that place. It seems like a lot of people are trying to adjust their work to the device instead of the other way around.

Having been forced to live with an ipad (and only an ipad) for the last month due to an unfortunate accident with my macbook, I can promise there are very few benefits and a plethora of drawbacks. It takes me about twice as long to do anything other than read blog posts...even posting to Tumblr is a major effort. It's a great toy, or even computing platform for someone like my mom (she loves hers), but it leaves a lot to be desired for me.

For the relaxing part I suggest watchlater http://goo.gl/p0Ck7 it's like instapaper but for videos.