I’ve just received an iPad as my birthday present. I’m totally stoked about it – however, I was never really part of the early-adopter scene (I much preferred to wait until the 2nd or 3rd gen to drop my cash), so this is pretty exciting and uneasy for me.
I’m writing this review hopefully to give you another perspective (lots of the tech blogs that have or will write about it, are usually coming at an angle of early adopters), and cut through the hype (for example, the best surfing experience will likely not be on the iPad, contrary to Steve Jobs’s claim) to let you know what this device is all about.
I’ve always admired the Skype branding. Here’s the brand guide that they’ve released a little while ago. Aside from the pure aesthetic value, it’s quite fascinating to see the work, thoughts and process behind the design that we see everyday, and often take for granted.
A little while ago I wrote about a handy web app called Readability, which reformats the often overwhelming mashup that is the web into a classy, easy-on-the-eyes newspaper-like column for reading.
It turns out Readability works great on the iPhone too!
