First Person Singular by Wendy Braitman

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My Brush with the iPad

April 5, 2010 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

On January 19, when Apple was rumored to be launching their version of an “e-reader,” I kept checking my iPhone every few minutes for news. When it was announced, I shrieked the name IPAD!!! to people in the immediate vicinity, who looked over their shoulders at me in fear. But I’d been waiting for this day for years. On Saturday, I walked to the neighborhood Mac store to finally put my hands on the iPad. By the time I arrived late in the afternoon, there was no longer a line and I strolled right in. (Yes, I’m a zealot, but I’m not crazy.) Like all Apple products, the iPad feels good to the touch with a design that is elegant and crisp, and it would fit well in my average-sized purse. Not that I could test such a thing with all the security guards swarming around. Would I be so passionate for technology if I had a man in bed? My guess is, we’ll all be sleeping with some version of the iPad within the next few years, so I’m thinking, why wait?

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