five reasons I'm buying an iPad

5. I want to develop for the iPad. I really do. I have four product ideas I'd love to see materialize and I'm working my way gently into the iPhone SDK at the moment. Aside from graphic sizing, I can't see how the iPad is any different than the iPhone.

4. The same reason I bought a first gen iPhone. The iPad is a first gen device. Many folks will avoid it for that reason, but first gen tech has always fascinated me. Like the iPhone, the iPad will kick off a slew of imitators. I'd rather get one now and upgrade later. I've never been sorry for spending the $1000+ or so I've spent on iPhones. They've all been marvelously useful and I'd spend twice that on them in the future. Plus, my family loves tech hand-me-downs, so a first gen iPad might just have a future home.

3. I want a new laptop but I don't want a new laptop. In the sub $1000 space I wouldn't buy an Apple laptop, nor would I consider purchasing a Linux or Windows machine. This gizmo will do what I need in a travel laptop, which for me ain't much. I don't think I'll get the 3G option because I seldom stay at hotels without WiFi and there are hotspots galore in every part of Chicago that I frequent, including many of the places I will potentially work. Plus, my iPhone isn't going anywhere, and for directions or a quick text it's far more useful.

2. The Star Trek The Next Generation-ness of the device. If I have to explain what that means, we most likely aren't close friends, nor are you a regular reader of this blog, but welcome to the world of radiopeter.com! Toss me in your Google Reader, or better yet, follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/petermavrik. When my iPad lands, I'll be blogging about it, photographing it, and possibly establishing a similar unhealthy relationship with it along the lines of my iPhone.

1. Bragging rights. For realz. It's part of being an Apple fanboy and I'll admit that anytime. Will you?

Comments

[Pete]

Finally I can hand Captain Picard my plans to upgrade the EPS power system in a way he'll be able to read!!!

I want one, I need one, I will have one.

Peter, we need to get our iPads together once they've materialized into our hot little hands!!

[Norman]

Except for #1, I want an iPad for the same reasons you gave. You've pushed me a few inches closer to getting one. A stylus for drawing/sketching/painting would be the breaking point for me. Star Trek TNG-ness.. I like that! :)