{"id":42,"date":"2010-07-07T22:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67.249.26.136\/wordpress\/?p=42"},"modified":"2010-07-07T22:49:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T22:49:00","slug":"1278557340000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/romeyn.me\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"iPad Musings 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After &quot;do you like it?&quot; I think the question I get asked most is &quot;can I buy an iPad instead of a new computer?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The technical answer is &quot;yes&quot;.&nbsp; But I wouldn&#8217;t do that!&nbsp; Here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n<p>While the iPad is, in many ways, able to be used in the same way a &quot;real&quot; computer is, it&#8217;s really meant to be a satellite to a computer.&nbsp; There shouldn&#8217;t be anything on your iPad (or your iPhone\/iPod Touch) that isn&#8217;t also on your computer.&nbsp; But, if you wanted to, you COULD:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy an iPad and have it activated in the store or on a friend&#8217;s computer (you need iTunes to do this).<\/li>\n<li>Download music and video and books from the iTunes store or Amazon&#8217;s Kindle store.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer pictures from your camera with the optional camera connection kit to your iPad.<\/li>\n<li>Sync your e-mail with a Gmail account from Google.<\/li>\n<li>Sync your calendar with your Google account&#8217;s calendar.<\/li>\n<li>Download apps from the App Store.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nAll of this is possible without actually owning a traditional desktop or laptop computer.&nbsp; So why would you need a computer?<\/p>\n<p>The first reason is probably the deal-breaker for most people who take pictures they never want to lose: NO BACKUP.&nbsp; You&#8217;ve just taken all of those wonderful pictures.&nbsp; You&#8217;ve offloaded them from your camera to your iPad so you can clean out your camera and take even MORE fabulous pictures.&nbsp; Now those pictures exist only on your iPad.&nbsp; What happens if your iPad dies\/is stolen\/breaks\/etc.?&nbsp; All your pictures are GONE, that&#8217;s what!&nbsp; Syncing your iPad with a computer backs up all of your stuff.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t just back up your pictures, it backs up your application settings too.&nbsp; All those hours spent getting three-star levels on Angry Birds, your bookmarks in your books, etc.&nbsp; All GONE if you lose your iPad for any reason.&nbsp; But if you&#8217;ve synced your iPad and you decide to get another one (or it&#8217;s replaced under warranty), when you hook it up all your stuff goes back!<\/p>\n<p>You might remember George Carlin&#8217;s &quot;<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\/*1278557900576*\/\">A Place For My Stuff<\/a>&quot;.&nbsp; The iPad\/iPod\/iPhones are all meant to be &quot;smaller versions of your stuff&quot;.&nbsp; Your computer is where you have every CD you have ever owned ripped into and organized by iTunes.&nbsp; It&#8217;s where you have thousands of pictures, organized into albums.&nbsp; TV shows, Movies (both &quot;home&quot; and purchased).&nbsp; All on your computer.<\/p>\n<p>Your iPad is where you put SOME of that Stuff!&nbsp; Those playlists you simply can&#8217;t be without no matter where you are.&nbsp; Those movies you want to watch on that long plane ride or bus trip.&nbsp; And those pictures you simply MUST have on hand at all times to show off.&nbsp; These devices were not meant to be your ONLY computing device.&nbsp; While it&#8217;s possible to use them that way, I&#8217;d never recommend that anyone do so.&nbsp; It can only lead to heartbreak one day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After &quot;do you like it?&quot; I think the question I get asked most is &quot;can I buy an iPad instead of a new computer?&quot; 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