The document summarizes the author's usage of the iPad over the first month, including using it to read articles, discover new apps, take notes, access content offline, and for the author's son to use for education and gaming. The author concludes that the iPad is a great tool for reading, learning, and gaining knowledge. They also note that bypassing iTunes is now easier for tasks like music, photos, and documents. The author dreams of an Ericsson app that could be used for knowledge sharing, e-learning, innovation, and more.

1. My review of the #IPAD after 1 month usage. August 2010
What am I doing with my Ipad
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- Discovering and reading articles, blogs, news, videos (Pulse, Flud, Flipboard, tweetdeck,
Discover, youtube)
- Discovering new apps (appadvice, appsfire, appstore)
- Taking notes (SimpleNote) or structuring ideas (ithoughtsHD)
- Read/watch info later or offline (Instapaper, goodreader, itunes podcast, mitube)
- Gaming for and with my son.
- Education for my son such as interactive books to learn reading
Conclusion
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It is for me a great tool to READ, LEARN and be more KNOWLEDGEABLE. I use it mainly in
my bed or in the sofa. It is also a great tool for my son for education and gaming. My wife? She
is waiting for the IPAD V2 with a camera and Skype. She likes today to watch videos and photos
in the sofa (but she has already an iphone).
Note I haven’t tried yet the following apps: mobileme and iwork;
Last but not least
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- I love my ipad but I hate Itunes. The good news is that it is is now easy to bypass it: music:
spotify; photo: shuttersnitch; docs:goodreader; streaming: airvideo... BTW, there is also a
OpenAppmkt including HTML5 apps. Interesting to follow...
- With Skype Videotelphony, Ipad will become a MUST for many families (all expat in the
world!)
- It is clear that Ipad Applications have to be open (e.g. Ability to Import docs in goodreader from
googleDocs), have to be social (share button or send to Instapaper button) and have to be in the
cloud to avoid synchronisation matters in between the various devices and data loss (e.g.
Simplenote, instapaper). The ability to personalize is also a must (e.g. Your Tweet in flipboard).
-Rendering and Interactive magazine style seems to be a big trend (Pulse, Flipboard, Flud,
Discover). I love it! Another good exemple of how to make money/innovation with old things...
- I am dreaming about an #ERICSSON App for Ipad to be used for knowledge sharing, elearning,
innovation, sales academy, pre-sales (demos, videos),...