This is my first blog post on my new iPad (new to me, that is). I took the cheap route and bought a refurbished iPad 1 rather than a new iPad 2. From everything I read and tried it wasn’t worth the extra money for the cameras and slightly faster processor.

I’ve had an iPod touch for a couple years, so using this iPad is like using an iPod touch on steroids. I plan to get a wireless keyboard and a decent case, but for now it’s just the bold and guts experience and so far I’m adapting pretty well. I thought the on screen keyboard would be impossible to use, but it’s surprisingly easy to use.

I have high hopes for this experiment. The price of being wrong is spending more money to get a regular laptop, and the psychological effect of admitting defeat.

So here’s to the new era!