Poll: Ipad, 18 months later

2 points by 0x12 14y ago ↗ HN

Hey there HN

In April 2010 Apple launched the Ipad and they've been selling like hotcakes ever since. But sales and use are two different things and it seems to me that there is an interesting question here. If you bought an Ipad, are you still using it today?

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brk 14y ago ↗

I chose "use it weekly", but the answer is in between daily and weekly for me.

My iPad is used sporadically, when I travel, when my wife wants to add a move to our Netflix queue or look up something online quick, etc.

It might get used every day for a week, and then sit unused for 4 days.

But ultimately, it's utility and value has increased for me over the last 18 months, and I would buy it again.

daedalus_j 14y ago ↗

I'm going to bet that most answers will be either in "daily" or "sold it", which really doesn't help to answer the real question.

For example: I use mine semi-daily, mainly because Reeder is better than Google Reader web app and I can use where 3G sucks. I shouldn't be in the same category as someone who uses an iPad daily for all of their business email. Because of this I don't think this poll would really give you truly useful data.

What if the categories were more like:

  * It replaced my laptop.
  * Use it daily for as much of my daily work as possible
  * Use it daily for goofing off
  * Use it as a gaming platform
  * Use it for reading a book once in a while/on the bus
  * Use it infrequently. (i.e. while on an airplane)
  * Tried it, moved on.