Luke on the iPad

The iPad

Like many other Apple Users, I was very excited about the launch of the iPad, and, being a UK Apple User, very annoyed that we had to wait so long for our iPads and pay about £100 more than the Americans.

Despite this, I finally bit the bullet last month and went down to an Apple Store and bought a brand new, 32GB Wi-Fi iPad.  And I love it!

I was, however, in deliberation about buying such a device for a long time.  In this review, I’ll go over a few of my favourite features that will hopefully make the same decision easier for people still undecided about whether to buy one!
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The Magic Mouse – Channeling the Magic

It’s no secret, mainly because I spent the entire day showing it off, but I am now the very proud owner of an Apple Magic Mouse.

The Mouse

The first thing that one notices about the magic mouse is it’s beauty.  The single, smooth, white surface just makes you want to stroke it!  As with the new Apple Trackpads, the whole surface is a button, and the mouse knows exactly where your fingers are.

Stroking the mouse is a good thing to do!  With simply the default drivers and the OS X mouse update, the gestures of scrolling and swiping are available.  You can also enable right click – a function that I would really miss as someone who has previously used a two button mouse.

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