One Small Multitouch For a Man....

ALRIGHT, SO HERE I am sitting in the Orlando airport, waiting for my flight home to Toronto. I've launched Pages for the first time, and I've got the case set up on the angle to provide a platform to type.

My first blog on the IPad.

The keyboard isn't quite big enough to touch type but with predictive text and two blazing fingers of hunt and peck I'd say. I'm capable of about fifty words a minute which isn't bad.

for all the fooferal about the lack of multitasking what they haven't said is that it's third party apps. I can listen to music as I type. I'm doing that now. I can also download in the background. Switching between apps is blazing. my battery last night lasted about 13 hours.

I downloaded two books from the bookstore. Beautiful. Crisp and clear. The Amazon kindle book app is outstanding. They were ready. my favorite game is Scrabble. they did a great job on it.

judging by the ABC app, which I'll probably lose access to when I hit Canada, it kicks flashes ass. Hulu where I was staying was choppy. This is smooth as hell.

Did I mention it was fast?

This is easier to use than an iPhone. I'm as suspicious of hype as anyone else. But this really feels Star Trek to me.

More later.