That way, I wouldn't feel "obliged" to read the newspaper simply because it was there, but could only read as much or as little as my time permitted. My main reason for getting it was to actually stop the delivery of my daily paper newspaper and read the online version of it. I didn't see the iPad replacing my laptop when I traveled. I already own both a desktop and a laptop computer, so I was definitely not looking for yet another computer. I didn't go out and buy an iPad the moment it was introduced I waited till version 2 had been released earlier this year. Prior to getting my iPad, I didn't even have an iPod or an iPhone, and I still don't. I am not the kind of person easily enamored by gadgets, the kind who simply must have the latest technological device that is introduced, even by a company such as Apple. Let's hope that Apple products like the iPad turn out to be larger than a single person, even it was a genius like Steve Jobs, and we continue to be wowed by the company's products in the future. ![]() While his death was hardly unexpected, it is very sad, nevertheless, and the timing of this article can be considered as a tribute of sorts to the man who envisioned the comeback of the tablet computer and re-engineered it into a mass-market product. ![]() It was a coincidence that Steve Jobs passed away recently after years of ill-health. ![]() ![]() I had intended to write an article on iPad apps available for the AEC industry as soon as there was sufficient momentum in the field and I had an iPad myself that I could use for testing these apps, so that I was not writing about them in the abstract.
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