SEATTLE—
Now the iPad is in the hands of early users, Apple's hard workbegins.
This Saturday, customers eager to become one of the first owners of such new products lined up nationwide.
They seem willing to buy it first. -
Later found the use of the iPad.
To some extent, this is reminiscent of the scene and bustle of the first-generation iPhone 2007 launch.
The difference is that people knew at the time that the iPhone would replace their existing phone, which has become an essential device --
Everyone from ubergeeks to stay-at-home moms.
The IPad is between the phone and the computer, and Apple has to convince people who already have smartphones, laptops, and electronics.
Book Reader-
They need another device for many of the same purposes.
Many of the earliest people who bought the iPad said that only after they had it for a while did they get a better idea of what they were going to do with it.
However, this did not stop them from imagining.
Beth Goza has an iphone and other smartphones, as well as a MacBook Air laptop, but she thinks the iPad has a place in her digital lineup.
She likened it to a professional tennis player with different sports shoes on grass, clay and cement grounds.
"At the end of the day, you can spend time with one or the other," she said outside the Apple store at the Seattle University Village Mall.
But she obviously didn't want to just "get through ".
"She has come up with specific uses for the iPad, such as knitting apps, to help her track her location in complex patterns.
The 60-year-old Denita Schnitman wants to see photos and videos of her first grandson born in Boston this week.
Then there was Ray Majewski, who went to an Apple store in N Freehold. J. , with his 10-year-
My daughter, Julia.
The IPad is to some extent a reward for her getting a at school, and to some extent a gift for herself.
"I like e-books and my daughter likes them," said Majewski . ".
"I want to buy a Kindle (e-book reader)
But I said to myself, 'Why not buy an iPad? Because I can get more from the iPad than reading a book. '
"The IPad is essentially a larger version of Apple's popular iPhone, with no talk feature. Just a half-
The device has a touch screen that can measure a 9-inch thickness.
7 inch on the diagonal--
Almost three times the size of the iPhone.
Like the iPhone, it has no physical keyboard.
At present, Apple is selling Wi-only-Fi.
These models start at $499.
There are also versions of cellular data connections that will be launched by the end of the month.
They will spend $130, the most expensive of which is $829.
In the Apple store on Seattle and New York's Fifth Avenue, the atmosphere is festive, and employees applaud and applaud when customers enter and exit.
A child came to a store in San Francisco in a homemade iPad costume.
Some analysts have predicted that the product will be sold out on Saturday.
Although there seems to be no problem with the supply of Apple stores, two Best Buy stores in Washington, DCC.
, When they open, there is no ipad stock for sale in the area.
People can also "pre-
Order the ipad online and arrive on Saturday.
That's what Prasad Thammineni did, but he had to drive the UPS guy down from his office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Get his iPad.
After playing for a few hours, most of his impressions were positive.
Type on-
The on-screen keyboard is not comfortable with a laptop using a normal keyboard, Thammineni says he finds himself using a few fingers but not touching --Normal typing
Still, he says it's easier to use than the Kindle Keyboard.
But the weight of the device may prevent him from typing on the go.
Thammineni said that after lifting the device with one hand and typing with the other hand for about two minutes, it became too heavy, even if it was only 1 minute. 5 pounds.
Once the initial excitement of the iPad has subsided, Apple may have to work harder to convince more people to buy the iPad.
Many companies have tried to sell tablets before, but none have caught up with mainstream consumers.
And the early adopters
Ordering an iPad in recent weeks, they are raving about all the ways they want to use it, and skeptics point out all the ways the iPad is running short.
They are arguing
The screen keyboard is difficult to use and complains about its lack of cameras and ports for USB devices such as media memory cards and printers.
They also lamented that the iPad could not play Flash videos, meaning that many websites with embedded video clips would appear to be broken in the eyes of Web surfers using Apple's Safari browser.
The IPad can't run multiple programs at a time, and even fans hope to change one day.
College student Brett mmeerster lined up at an Apple store in Arlington, Virginia.
Because of the cost, try one without buying one.
Lower prices could drive wider apps, but early buyers were furious when Apple cut prices sharply a few months after the iPhone was released.
Tom Quinn from N Sea GirtJ.
I'm not worried about paying extra for being one of the first people to have an iPad.
"When this happened to the iPhone, they issued $100 in credit," he said . ".
"If the same happens with the iPad, I'm sure they will do something similar.
"Cost is clearly not a problem for others ---
It also seems inconvenient.
Siggi Manz, a software developer living near Frankfurt, Germany, found one in New York in just 20 hours.
Manz, who already has an Apple MacBook Pro and an iPhone, says the iPad will be ideal for notetaking.
"Turning on a laptop is sometimes impersonal because the display is between us and the iPhone is too few to really type," Manz said . ".
James Stewart travels from Canada to Seattle, where the iPad will no longer be sold in a month ---
It seems to him too long.
Like a beautiful woman. -
"You just want to touch it," he said . ".
In San Francisco, tattoo artist Max Ackermann believes the iPad will "define a huge change in our overall perception of computers ".
Ackerman is not sure what's going on.
He and others acknowledge that their belief in the iPad stems from their unwavering dedication to Apple and its products.
Standing outside an Apple store in Arlington, Virginia.
John Kay, 27, Saturdayyear-
Old staff At & t
He would pay for anything made by Apple and said, "I would buy a microwave if they took out the $1,000 microwave. "------
Associated Press reporter Bruce hipkovskiJ.
Associated Press Business Writer Marcy Gordon in Arlington, Va
New York photographer Diane bond levy, Jacqueline Martin in Washington, and Paul Sacoma in San Francisco contributed to the story. ------
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