iPad

A few days ago, I went to Sam’s club to buy an iPad. It was very exciting. Before this, iPads were awesome toys/productivity tools that a ton of my friends seemed to own. To be honest, I didn’t really know what I was going to do with it, but I knew I would have fun with it. Got home, started playing with it, and realized that the microphone wasn't working properly. The next day, it was exchanged for my 3rd gen 16 GB wifi-only iPad on iOS 5.1.1. They first app I downloaded was Google Chrome, and I immediately got to work setting up my home screen of icons (because I'm rather picky with that). Next I downloaded a few more apps I could think of, stopped at Starbucks, and got a free download of Soundhound∞ from their app pick of the week. I was deciding whether to jailbreak it, and eventually went for it. Absinthe hung on “Waiting for reboot...” So, I had to manually reboot it, which was scary. I didn't want to have to restore my new iPad already. It worked fine, though. I started trying out a few tweaks, and wasn't really impressed, so I decided to update to iOS 6. It would be nicer to have everything on my iPhone on my iPad, like Facebook integration and most of all, Siri. So I got my UDID registered and updated (more blogs about that coming soon). It's really cool to see what iOS translates into from my iPhone (“default iOS”) to my iPad. I really like all the design styles that apps use, from multi-column to little pop-up windows for things. It should be a fun time relearning iOS on a larger screen. It's weird going back to using my iPhone, even for a second, after using my iPad. My iPhone seems almost like a tiny little toy. I imagine over time I'll adjust. I'm going to have fun writing more about my new iPad.