Over the past few weeks, we've heard many people say, "The iPad is cool, but what would I do with it?" This new series aims to answer that question. We'll examine one user case per post, from couch surfer to mobile professional, and describe just how that person uses his or her iPad.
As a professional blogger, there are 5 things I need to do my job:
The iPad lets me get nearly all of that accomplished. Let's start with what works.
- A comfortable, reliable keyboard
- A text editor
- RSS feeds
- Web access
- A reference tool for compiling research
The keyboard
The iPad's software keyboard is more usable that I expected. It's forced me to develop a hybrid typing method that's part hunt-and-peck and part touch typing. Years ago, I learned to keep my fingers in the home position, lightly touching the keys. On the iPad, "lightly touching" means "pressing," so now I hover just above the keys.
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