Q. I going to start college in August and on the eve of the iPad going on sale I've been thinking about it a lot. I'm planning on taking advantage of student discounts on a Mac Book Pro this summer for college to replace my current 3 year old HP laptop. But after reading countless reviews of the iPad and articles about how it could be a good device for students, I'm wondering if I should get it. I understand it is a tablet/e-reader (sort-of) among other things, and not a laptop replacement because you'd have to dock it to a computer to sync and things like that. With the benefits of the app store, e-textbooks, and iTunes U and so on, the iPad is intriguing. Maybe I can get the iPad and just a cheaper regular MacBook or something. What do you think? Thanks
A. iPad is primarily for students and professional who travel a lot. There will be plenty of downloadable books on it and many educational apps.
It has iWork so creating Word doc,spreadsheet and Powerpoint/Keynote presentation will be amazing and you can immediately share using DropBox,Google Doc,email,iDisk,Box.net and other WEBdav sites which are free and give you extra storage space also and most importantly your documents can be instantly available on every computer in the world if you want.
Keyboard is wide enough to type on and if you want an physical keyboard its available for just $30 at many stores. All Blutooth keyboard works with it.
It has app that lets you fill out the form and sign it without taking print out so no more hassles of printing out then filling then scanning back n send. It saves a lot of time and effort.But in case you want a print out , there are many apps that let you do it through Wi-Fi or through remote access to desktop connected to a printer.
You can download songs,movies,apps, books everything directly you actually dont need to sync it with computer unless there is a firmware update available for iPad.
Many University have already uploaded books on it and many will follow.
While working on a project you can access whole world of information using different apps using few taps that will save time and enhance the productivity and performance.
You can take screen shot convert into Pdf and use it as reference.
If you dont have any desktop or laptop, I will suggest a refurbished MacBook from Apple store and iPad. It depends on your budget.
I have MacBook Pro, IBM laptop (company has given for some work) now selling MacBook Pro and getting refurb. 27" iMac and 16GB iPad Wi-Fi+3G model.
iPad is great for fun too. you can stream movies from Netflix app and can watch latest TV shows for FREE from app abc Player.
will the ipad keyboard/dock work even when not plugged in?
Q. will the ipad keyboard/dock work even when not plugged in in to a wall outlet? does the keyboard charg as the ipad charges when plugged in?
A. Do not listen to the other person because he is (mostly) incorrect. I own an iPad and the keyboard dock. The keyboard has no battery of its own, instead it uses the iPad's one. It does work when not plugged into a power-point, and you can charge/sync with the keyboard in use.
Does the iPod Touch 4th gen fit into the iPad 2 dock?
Q. I have both and I know the dock has an audio out on the back and I have a stereo that I use with both my iPod and iPad just to play music so I was wondering if I could get just a single dock from Apple that would fit both.
A. Yes they will all fit both in fact the docks fit into all the iPhones iPads an iPods except the shuffle
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