Friday, May 14, 2010

The iPad you've been waiting for has arrived

and it's ready for you to pick up. When you come in, we'll have Specialists ready to help you set up your iPad so you can start enjoying it right away. We can't wait to see you at the store.
Sincerely, The Apple Retail Store team"

This mail I received from Apple Store in Colorado Springs exactly NINE DAYS AFTER ordering iPad Wi-Fi + 3G 32GB on the first day of launching 3G version.For a week holidays in US it was too long and I do not regret I decided to buy Wi-Fi model as I have lots of fun with it. The only limitation I encountered so far was not working App Store on the iPad in Holland. I can make purchases however using iTunes on my Mac.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

First iPad experience

I could not resist writing this on my new iPad. A free wifi and Starbucks at Barnes & Nobel on 16 street in Denver was a good opportunity for a test.
I am really impressed. Easiness to type and the superb quality of a screen is very promising.
Unfortunately I did not manage to buy any movie for a long today's flight. The US Apple store did not accept my Dutch billing address and I could not use the Dutch one from US either.
Hopefuly a global identity management supporting digital rights protection will be solved soon. I managed to buy however Kindle book "Change your brain change your body" by Daniel G Amen,The New York times best-seller. I believe a good choice for a long flight.

we''ll be in touch soon about your iPad

Your iPad will be here before you know it."

This message I got from Apple store in Colorado Springs when Friday evening, the day when iPad 3G was launched I decided to reserve one as the whole stock of iPads 3G was already sold out.

Today 5 days later , as 3G version was still not available, I gave up and bought WiFi one

I am preparing it for my tomorrows flight to Frankfurt and will share my first experiences soon