Asking whether you should get an iPad or a smart phone is a bit like comparing apples (no pun intended) and oranges. It really depends what you need and a lot may depend on how good your eyesight is!
If you can afford to get both you’ll find yourself carrying your smart phone around all the time, they’re great for finding out where the latest deals are and getting quick information and making phone calls of course.
If you’re a content junkie and you like to read books online, watch videos and see pictures attached to certain websites then an iPad or tablet will be the better choice. You’ll still have to carry a cell phone along of course, but if you make and receive infrequent calls you can actually convert your iPad or tablet into a phone by using a VoIP application. It’s somewhat like Skype as it bypasses traditional phone lines by using the power of the internet.
Problem is you’re going to look pretty silly with a giant iPad stuck to your ear – probably something you should do in a bathroom or in the privacy of your vehicle! Who hasn’t got a cell phone they can use alongside an iPad anyway?
It’s hard to believe that the iPad will only be two years old come April 2012, they have already been accepted as a far superior and much more portable replacement for the laptop for most people.
The biggest difference between a smart phone and an iPad is the size of the screen. Put a search into a smart phone and you get back a pretty uninteresting-looking list of things, with an iPad you get back what looks more like a computer screen with graphics etc., Download your choice of 1000s of different applications and you can have a tailor-made iPad that does exactly what you want it to do.
Of course there are apps for phones too – again it’s all down to what you need. I just wonder if with the increased popularity of iPads and tablets men are going to start sporting European-style man purses to tote them!
If you do choose an iPad or tablet and you find yourself with a small heap of unwanted electronic gadgets– you know, your alarm clock, GPS, MP3 player, camera and dare I say Walkman and other old cell phones, please be sure to take them to an electronics store that offers free small gadget recycling.
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