Forbes hands-on with Apple iPad: ‘It’s like eating Doritos; it’s hard to stop’

“The iPad sounds silly if you’re shopping based on features and specifications. So Apple will have to get the device in front of as many people as possible,” Brian Caulfield reports for Forbes. “Apple’s stores will give it that opportunity.”

“So what will these shoppers encounter? Touch the home button and it turns on. Immediately. Select an application and it starts. Instantly. If the 9.7-inch screen is what sets this apart from an iPod, less waiting is what sets the iPad apart from a netbook or a laptop,” Caulfield reports. “Less is more. “

“The software Apple has created for the iPad builds on these two qualities: speed and screen size. Open up the phone’s iPad’s photo application and you can instantly fill the screen with an image, swipe to the next picture, or pinch on a stack of photos to check them out. Same goes for every other application Apple has built for the phone that I had a chance to try, whether it’s a book reader or a web browser,” Caulfield reports. “Playing with this machine is like eating Doritos. It’s hard to stop.”

Full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: As each report from those who’ve actually used the iPad roll in, the initial naysayers’ knee-jerk reactions sound sillier and sillier. Just as it was with iMac, Mac OS X, iPod, iTunes, iTunes Store, iPhone, etc.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “JES42” for the heads up.]