iPad终于在5月28日登陆加拿大了。鉴于美国apple store前的长龙和缺货情况，我还是决定在加拿大买吧~ 比在贵了大概60多加元。而且为了第一时间拿到手，我在网上预订。

于是28日中午12点，Fedex把iPad送到了我手里。然后，我知晓，在加拿大不止是Apple store有卖，Bestbuy，futureshop，甚至学校里的campus tech shop都有的卖。而且和其他国家不同的是，并没有多少人抢购。目前看来担心是多余的。

上开箱图：

第一印象：

• 有点沉，单手拿着很累
• 屏幕显示效果相当好，不愧是IPS屏，亮度色彩都很出众
• 扬声器声音很大，效果也不错
• 包装真简单……
• 边框其实正合适，并没有原来看图片感觉那样宽
• 触摸屏操作很犀利，程序反应迅速，运行流畅

然后就开始试用APP，以免费为主，以下为一些个人使用感受：

• AirVideo，如果要把想看的视频都转换成ipad可以看的格式，再同步到ipad观看，未免有些麻烦。有些时候就想趴在床上或者在不方面用电脑的地方看视频。AirVideo可以将PC或者Mac机上的视频通过Wifi stream到iPad上，只需要在电脑上安装一个server。虽然画质有所下降，但是可以接受，比pplive清楚多了。这个功能让我有点儿惊艳，如果不是出门看视频，再也不用转换格式了，rmvb/avi/mkv各种格式都可以stream到ipad上观看。免费版只能看到共享文件夹里的三个视频，不过足够了。
• Dropbox，不用多说了吧~ pc机上做的文档，不需要同步，放在dropbox文件夹里，在iPad上随时访问
• Evernote，依旧强悍，而且iPad的录音效果也不错，只是在iPad上没有手写笔记支持，小遗憾
• RDP Lite，远程桌面访问，Lite是免费版，除了触摸屏操作对鼠标动作支持不是太好之外，一切都好。
• Skype，没有for iPad的版本，还是iPhone的版本，分辨率太低
• Twitterrific，还算不错，但是不能把已读的tweets隐藏，阅读体验不是太爽
• TweetDeck，PC版很喜欢，用的很顺，但是iPad版距离可用还很远，发布功能很强大，有很多辅助，但是读取的tweets时间顺序是混乱的，根本没办法阅读，同样也缺少很多必要的功能，希望下个版本能更好些。
• Autodesk SketchBook Pro $7.99 恩，很好很强大，看宣传片的时候就想买了。对了如果jailbreak的话，有破解版可以用
• OffMaps，我买的是Wifi版，无法随时连接，也没有GPS功能，所以外出的话，没办法随时查Google Maps，这个OffMaps可以下载好选定范围的地图，供外出使用，而且还有一些主要城市的guides提供下载。$1.99
• Dictionary.com 英英词典，比较好用，但是体积很大，原来不是我以为的在线查询，有本地词库。
• IM+ Lite 支持MSN，AOL，Twitter，Facebook，Yahoo，Gtalk，Jabber，ICQ和Myspace。比Msn+什么的好用，那个只有iPhone版，分辨率太低。免费版有广告可以看，收费版则没有。
• GoodReader，支持USB连接的iTunes文件传输，可以阅读Excel文件，Word文档，PPT幻灯片和PDF文件，很好很需要。$0.99
• CloudReaders，功能和GoodReader近似，但是它可以读取在压缩文档中的文件，用来看漫画很好很强大，而且支持通过Wifi的浏览器上传。而且界面上比GoodReader更加漂亮，可惜不支持Word，Excel等文档，无法完全取代GoodReader
• CloudBrowse，众所周知，iPad不支持Flash，so what, CloudBrowse远程浏览，Flash照看不误，当然会小卡，而且免费账户经常无法连接到服务器，听说收费账户可以分配更高的带宽而且不会连接不上
• SoundHound，恩，很好玩。其实经常有很多歌曲或者音乐，偶然听到觉得很好听，或者很经典的调调，就是想不起来是那个曲子。用SoundHound, 识别率相当高，可惜每个月只有10次免费使用……要想经常用，交钱……
• IMDB，不解释
• Wikipanion 方便阅读查找Wikipedia词条
• ExploreFlickr 浏览Flickr的interestings 可以保存图片或者访问flickr页，大爱
• Citrix，用了下demo感觉非常好，企业可以用来搭建云计算平台。未来会是一个很好的方向
• TouchCalc，科学计算器
• Epicurious，菜谱~ 菜谱！
• Weather HD 用的时候不要太惊艳 $0.99
• AirGuitar 还真有点儿吉他的感觉
• Virtuoso 免费钢琴软件
• Harbor Master 免费的就一张图，和Flight Control一个玩法
• Touch Hockey 可以双人对战

另外的一些感想：

电池续航能力真的很强，第一天我玩的爱不释手，从中午12点拿到，用到凌晨3点，15个小时，中间就做饭吃饭耽误3个小时，总共用了11-12小时，WiFi一直开着，电池还剩余10%~ 通常，电子设备的标称续航时间，比实际时间往往要短，iPad标称的续航时间还是很有信服力的。电池续航能力也是我认为的iPad的最大卖点之一。

各个方面都符合我决定购买的需要，而且操作体验很好，在很多方面还带给我不少小惊喜。可以说超出了我的期待。

当然，并不是每个人用了都说好，毕竟，价钱上还是有些小贵。而且没有摄像头绝对是一大遗憾。

APP上不少都很出色，但是在某些方面，可用的APP的还是不够多，有不少APP纯粹的在炫一些操作或者是特效，可用性不强。最吐血的是同样的APP，加了个HD的标志，就比iPhone版贵了好多。恩，所以，等过一阵子破解的APP足够多的时候，我也就jailbreak了。另外我现在没破解，主要顾虑现在的破解是不是有不良影响，这个还要观望观望。

我都用iPad来干什么？

• 阅读器，如果不编辑，只是用来读，iPad绝对比电脑要舒服。
• 出行伴侣，强大的续航能力保证旅途上不再寂寞。
• 休闲上网工具，再也不用坐在电脑前才能上网了，找个舒服的地儿，想什么姿势就什么姿势。
• 厕所伴侣，如厕的时候不需要读人民日报海外版了，恩，你懂的……

————Updates———–

今天把iPad Jailbreak了，用的spirit，目前破解后的iPad无任何不良反应，情绪稳定~

1. I was exited at iPad when some videos revealed before the press conference. Although the publishing itself is not that impressive.

2. I mainly focus on reading experience. And right after i know that iPad can be used to read PDF files, i think i should probably buy one. Don’t mention all the eBook dealers can add their eBook APPs on iPad. Also, the iPad way of reading comics is the best experience by far i can imagine. There will be all kinds of interesting newspapers and magazines. Although most of the price of them is too high for a digital reading, there are some free ones to try too. I think finally the publishing industry will enter the digital stage, and after they learned enough, it will be better and better.

3. The other most important thing about mobile devices is the battery life. I used to want to buy a lightweight Netbook for travelling or comfort reading and web browsing. But the estimated 2-4 hours battery life time can only hold up to 1.5 hours normally, maybe worse. Which means if i travel with it. It will stop working even in the half way from Waterloo to Toronto, not mention hold up to 1 day until I reach hotel or home for recharging. 10 hours! iPad brings 10 hours battery life time, and it isn’t a estimated one.

4. There may be not enough interface ports of iPad. But there will be some alternate accessories for expending interfaces. Although the accessories usually very expensive. But I think it’s reasonable to understand, the Apple things are always expansive ones. So if Apple permits, there will be accessories like card reader, even add-on camera.

5. Some APPs are really good on iPad according to some sources. Gizmodo just publish a 99 iPad APPs reviewed. Some of the APPs are right in my mind. Like Epicurious, I’m just planning to learn some western dishes before I leave Canada. And iAnnotatePDF, I can just read and mark my PDFs the same as on computers. What about today’s new APP Autodesk® SketchBook® Pro for iPad is so great to me, and i’m so impressed that it just costs $7.99. So how could some APPs have face to price at more than $20 just because there’s a HD in their new names.

6. I heard a lot from the reviews that the screen displaying and touching experiences of iPhone is way much more better than other smart phones. So I guess the iPad touching screen is also the best among the similar tablet devices.

7. I can also start to develop some APPs for myself or even make moneys one day. After all, I’m capable of programming. But shame on me that I don’t have any smart mobile devices for me to test my thoughts. I think it’s time for me to bleed. No pains no gains, right?

———–The really annoying things about iPad————–

1. iBook and some services are still not available in countries other than the USA, not to mention back in China. And the international sales postponed to late May, and we don’t know whether it will be postponed again, or not.

2. No camera! I don’t really need the camera on mobile devices to take photos or video chat. I’m kind of amateur photography enthusiast, I take photos with my DSLR. And usually I don’t like to video chat, it’s not necessary for most of my communication cases. But…It is now a starting stage of AR (Augmented reality) world, camera is one of the most important input sensor for AR applications. It’s too bad there is no possibilities that great AR APPs appear on iPad which has a big screen for some specific type of AR applications. Not until it got a add-on camera or 2nd generation iPad release with a camera.

3. The price of 3G models are too high, if they take $100 off, I will be sure to buy a 3G model of iPad, even just for A-GPS functions and minor usage of 3G connections.

———conclusion———–

This blog is write to those friends question me about my reason to buy a iPad, and someone told me iPad is not good enough to buy now.

Microsoft Courier is great and more fit me in productive things, but it’s still a fantasy now. Too long to wait.

I’m never an Apple fan before. But I think, I should buy one iPad this time.

Now, what say you, my friends.

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