Finally purchased the ipad 2. A lovely piece of hardware, with matching software.
I had always dreamt of a device like this, even before it was conceptualized by the creators, when I discovered digital comics in 2005.
Since I came to know about a proto-type tablet device by PixelQi in 2006, I always craved for one.
Then came iPad and changed the equation. It didn’t helped that it was out of reach in India.
Then came a slew of pretenders – Galaxy Tab 7” included. When I was checking it out in a local Samsung store, I nearly dropped it when the salesman quoted Rs 38k for it …. Later the price came down to 24k, but by then I was lusting after notion ink adam (by an Indian start-up firm).
But sadly, Adam was delayed and then when it came out, it was too buggy for my liking and the cost was also too high.
Then iPad 2 was launched in India, I also came to know about Acer Iconia Tab A500 and Asus Transformer T101.
Then started an extensive period of research … thanks to google, I read all I could about iOS 4.3 and Andriod 3 (OS for Acer and Asus).
I read all the reviews, had detailed analysis about pros and cons of these devices and finally decided – I will have an iPad 2.
Then came the hardest part – convincing my better half, why I need it …. An extensive brainwashing session of two weeks, followed by 2 visits to nearby eZone store for hands on experience finally got me the go-ahead.
Wait … there was one more hurdle. eZone’s stock has exhausted and they do not know when the next lot will come. For Mitali – no problem, wait until they have a new stock. For me – no way, I want it as soon as possible. A phone call to Apple shop in CITI center 2 clinched the deal. Only 8 more pieces remains of 16 gb wi-fi ipad 2. A day of moping around in home and finally last Saturday morning @9.30 I got the permission to buy one.
By 10.40 I was out of home, by 11.45 I am in apple showroom, by 12 I have a shiny black ipad 2 in my hand.
By 13.30 I am at home, by 13.45 the ipad is in Mitali’s clutches (ha ha ha)
Fantastic device for me to :1. Watch all my downloaded movies (by a downloaded app)
2. Read my comics (again a downloaded app)
3. Listening to my music by iTunes.
4.Play Angry Birds HD (I am at level 5, my wife at level 7)
Aur kya chahiye :)
