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A favorable iPad review--by a woman who'd never used a computer until now.
- MatthewPhillips 16y agoThe interview seemed a little leading to me. The interviewer wanted to talk about apps a lot more than the reviewer did; she basically just uses facebook and email. The interview also comes to the conclusion that doesn't follow from the interview: that tablets (and the ipad in particular) are superior to computers for most mainstream use-cases. However the reviewer only uses facebook and email (and assuming a 3rd party facebook app) and had lots of trouble with the facebook app (with it having fewer features that the site and with crashes). She also said at the end that what she hears from others is that they like the computer better. And indeed her facebook experience would have been better on computer than the ipad.
- joebadmo 16y agoI agree, and I was a bit surprised at how non-plussed she seemed at apps in general. Honestly, for just facebook and e-mail, a cheaper netbook might be a better solution.
- ashearer 16y agoMore interesting to me than the article was a comment describing how iPads displaced PCs, one by one, in a law office: http://technologizer.com/2011/03/28/my-mom-reviews-the-ipad-her-first-computer/#IDComment138188176 http://technologizer.com/2011/03/28/my-mom-reviews-the-ipad-... Edit: the link often doesn't bring up the comment. Whether it's due to the ridiculously heavy page (at least 298 separate resources, 4 of which don't finish loading for me, plus an additional AJAX request to Twitter every few seconds) or the system for loading comments from Intense Debate, I don't know. To find it, search for "lawyer", and if that fails, search for "Friedmann" on the page, expand the replies, and read the third. I give you: hypertext.