The first impression is pretty good. Precious it looks, it is fast and the service is slightly out of hand. The display is neat but not a milestone. It reflects and just right for small fonts, the ratio of number of pixels and size are not easy, they look very frayed and are tremendously exhausting to read. Since only helps zoom, large fonts look much better.
The device is super look for surfing, emailing and video. Texts can be entered just fine in landscape mode with the large keypad. Games such as Need for Speed also prepare a lot of fun. Unbeatable the switch, a push of a button and you can already read his mails ... Without waiting time and boot. Along with the handy form and the touchscreen operation is a whole new experience. It is not even just from the computer to the fridge or to the mailbox. No, you go to the computer and there has been traveling the first mail read. DAS is the charm and the strength of the iPad.
But after a short time you stumble on countless hardly understandable limitations and drawbacks:
- When you have to swallow quite Androiderfahrener the AppStore: even the most useless apps are not zumeisten free. Overall, the price level is compared to the Android Market very very high. On top of that you can not try before you buy apps. Bought is bought. A return option as Android does not exist. Since you have very fast shot five times euros in the wind.
- Synchronize only works with iTunes and then only via cable. In addition, you can not just play everything on the Ipad. Music, videos then the fun will stop quickly. A use as USB drive is not possible. Take time upload PDFs and read on the go? Without Internet Wrong!
- The browser controls just the standard features. Plugins there are not. It is not even allowed to download and save files. Short time to download a document, save and send as an attachment via email to a colleague? Not possible.
- I already have a UMTS-Flat for mobile phones and have therefore resorted to the WiFi-only. In good faith it has Bluetooth yes. But who now thinks he can use the phone as a modem on this path ... None.
- Flash and Co there are not also. Many web content thus remain inaccessible.
- The mail client can indeed read IMAP, but not much more. Manage Folders (create, delete) is not possible.
- Printing of mails and documents is not even possible via a network printer.
- The standard software equipment is very very poor. A browser, notepad, e-mail program, MP3 players and the AppStore, much more it is not.
- Lack of multitasking. Although you can hear music and surfing, but nothing more. Fast times switch between browser, eBook and e-mail client to copy some links and texts together is as easy does not make sense to accomplish. Instant Messenger at the same time in the network course Surfing also.
- The keyboard works fine in itself, but is generally only capital letters. Because you lose when typing fast times the orientation whether one pushes further large or small. Innovative keyboards like Swype does not exist.
- Like me just writing this review notice: text boxes have the browser no scrollbars. Very awkward.
Overall, we can say: a fun surf, music and video gadget. But absolutely useless as a serious work machine. The price / performance ratio is of course completely bathe. As is often the Apple provides here again the idea for an entire industry, the practical implementation is left to others.
