Khalid Alkelabi

Apple iPad

After much anticipation I finally got my iPad from Apple, and what a day it is…
The device is a pleasure to hold, even though heavier than what I expected, and is stunningly elegant. The screen is so crisp and clear and is easy on the eye. Here are some quick notes after using it for a couple of hours:

• Browsing is a whole new experience in the iPad! The best browsing experience I had so far in any other device, even though Flash support is missing.
• emails are a joy to read and to reply to
• Reading, reading, reading! This device, without any doubt, will change the traditional media industry: newspapers and magazines specifically. This is the main reason I waited so long for the iPad, to read books, papers, and magazines. I can’t start to describe how wonderful books look on the iPad, you have to experience it yourself to understand.
• iBooks from Apple is an excellent bookstore. It needs time though to grow the number of titles it offers.
• Kindle, Amazon.com digital book library, also works great on iPad. All my books were available on my iPad the minute I synced my account.
• Magazines, PDF’s, word documents, etc. all look superb!
• Arabic is supported in all apps I tried (reading but not writing yet), this includes: emails, PDF’s, docs, and websites
• Wireless connection is good, didn’t have any problem as of yet, even though many users report having some problems

Verdict

Weight
Performance
Battery
Price
Usability
Overall

Much to come later but that’s it for now. I will leave you with some screen shots I took from the iPad:

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كل عام وأنتم بخير

WordPress Logo

I have just upgraded my website to WordPress.org blog engine. It’s easy and elegant.

With lots of plug-ins and easy to customize themes and scripts, I decided to go with WordPress. And did I mention it’s free?

Conducting lots of experiments in the next few weeks, so don’t get cranky if you surfed here and found weird things floating around!

Lastly, please don’t be harsh! not yet!!