I took my first trip shortly with the iPad last weekend. I travel much, for work or pleasure - something my wife and me are seeking to improve quickly - but last weekend, we have a little mini-break family until the beach south of Texas. Our trip was only from Friday to Monday, but the weather was perfect and we had lots of fun.
Our short trip was my first real chance to take the iPad road that nothing is more simply normal outside stuff here at Austin.Je knew that we would have some sections of the interruption during our break and debated with myself about bringing my laptop - and finally decided to light with only the iPad travel and see how it would serve me.
I ended up being very happy with my choice to the iPad only, and of course, I have some thoughts to share about how the iPad was as a companion to travel - here are:
I have kit
Kensington - shoulder bag it bag style big messenger lightweight and compact for the .Heureusement, iPad it held my 3 G iPad in its Vaja cables sync for iPad and iPhone, Otterbox Defender case for my iPhone case 4 and mobile compass stand iPad .the only thing that would not fit completely inside was my Bluetooth keyboard that has slipped into my bag for clothes, sports etc.
Apple Bluetooth keyboard
iPhone 4
Mobile stand for the iPad compass
As I hope, you can see in the photo at the top of the post, it was an extremely lightweight way to travel on the side 'tech bag' of things.I was very pleased to have the case surrounding this Kensington shoulder.Soon, I'll be reviewing - and Compass Mobile - stand but the very short history on them is that they are both now among my favorite iPad accessories.
iPad Battery Life always punt precision ass & taken names
Battery life may not be the most glamorous features, but it is certainly one that continues to impress and facilitate the use of the iPad such a fun day.
Our trip to the coast was slightly more than four hours, in which the iPad was almost continuously on .j ' uses the iOS this iPad 4.2 Beta, it was not only about four hours almost continuously, but he has run a number of applications in the bar of multitasking.
I have had card entire duration to track our progress, see cities that we were passing by and show my daughter how close we were getting in the body of the large blue water that we were direction.MapQuest Navigator has also always on us provide turn by turn voice navigation.I was also Evernote open for General in travel - such as outputs of search and similar remarks.I also checked via email and Twitter periodically.
The iPad left the House with the battery to 100% - and after that it is four hours of fairly heavy use, it was still at 60%.
Sun Texas is also involved some ass.
The iPad received a warning temperature and went on strike for approximately five minutes approximately halfway through the our Friday - trip when we had rejected the AC way and now I (foolishly) in a place where he was a total dose of sunshine through the windscreen.
He recovered nicely and was in service after only a short.
3 G on a 3 G Would Be Nice iPad
During the entire trip, I could not ever get a 3 G signal on the iPad - even when traveling across large metropolitan areas, and even when two of our phenomenal could sit inches below it and benefit from a perfectly good 3 G coverage.
First, I thought it was a problem with version Beta 4.2 - iOS but I discovered since it looks like a problem with iPad itself .the question has persisted since getting back home on Monday night, I spent a long while on the phone with tech at & t and Apple support and have an appointment of genius to my local Apple store to Exchange later this afternoon.
Shined applications and one that sucked
MapQuest Navigator has been a very pleasant surprise.It is just a $ 0.99 iPhone application, but I didn't mind running mode pixel-doubled - as he has done an excellent job routing we properly and providing itinerary parfaite.Notre voice instructions wasn't (fairly well to the South, to the South, South), complicated but it always warned us when it needs and provided great laugh my daughter as we got him say "the Lady in the iPad" was very, very smart.
Evernote did his usual stellar work in my application to go to store quick notes about the trip.
iA writer was superb to take notes on multiple applications and accessories in the weekend review.
The only application that let down side was the one which should be one of my best friends, as a blogger - application WordPress which has recently been updated .j 'could post a post very short for a bit of calm away from the beach with the YHA application News' tried posting another article little with him and was failed total.Je hit the 'Publish' button, it would show le Rouet wait a bit and act as if he had done his travail.Puis I search on the site and find that the post had not obtained it and confirm in the application itself which showed always just below working drafts them locally.
I tried to close the application via the bar, the iPad restart Mulitasking and several attempts to publier.Tout failed with an error message and I could find no solution.Entre this major failure and the lack of striking features basic application, I should say that the last WordPress application is always also lean as he was in his time on iOS.
All in all
I am happy, that I took out iPad for a journey on the road of little .j ' have never once regretted having does not a laptop around - in part because it was still a receive and I had very few moments where I felt like any actual work and partly because the iPad has done well for every bit of 'casual work' I wanted to do - watch new applications, review notes and so on .the ' failed only big was to application individually, as mentioned above.
If someone (please please) would just write a decent blogging for iOS application, I could easily travel with only the iPad even on a residence permit for work I think.
What you all? you have much with your iPads for business or pleasure traveled? if so, what are your thoughts on this?
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