“Since the mayor unveiled his handy device last month, he’s been spotted with it night and day, including last week’s once-in-a-lifetime visit with Queen Elizabeth,” Lucadamo reports. “‘He takes the iPad with him everywhere,’ said Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson. ‘He uses it all the time.'”
Lucadamo reports, “Bloomberg reads his speeches off it – he was making last-minute tweaks before his appearance with the queen – gets his briefing material on it and even switched his magazine subscriptions, including Aviation Week, to his iPad… The tech-savvy mayor showed off his spanking new tablet computer at a Staten Island civic meeting early last month, declaring that he is trying to go paperless… Despite [an AT&T] security snag with his iPad that exposed his e-mail address, Bloomberg is an avid user and said he even called Apple founder Steve Jobs to tell him how much he loves his new toy.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
In other news, Gov. Patterson is still waiting for delivery of his HP Slate.
Mayor Bloomberg, consider replacing all those school books that you keep buying for all those millions of young kids with an iPad. Could save the city millions and step up the education at the same time.
I use the iPad more than any other device ever. It takes great notes at work, manages my calendar, and is my news and entertainment device at the same time. My 3 year-old can open Blues Clues videos downloaded from iTunes, and the wife…, well she has the laptop now.-:) I can’t wait for a retina display and a micro SDHC slot in version 2!
Any competitor product has a tough hill to climb.
Bloomberg can kiss my ass. How do you New Yorkers put up with him (coming from an ex New Yorker)
I too use my iPad even more than my MacBook Pro. It’s light, can do 80% of what I use my laptop for, doesn’t get hot, doesn’t lose battery charge until the end of the day, works outside wifi range (3G), lighter in the lap, etc. Now that iDisk is fully updated to work with it, I have full and convenient access to all key files. Also does a great job in attracting potential sales at meetings/conferences, then using it to demo our online services.
Kinda disparaging to call it a toy when he runs the city with it…
@VAL Don’t hold your breath for SDHC… gotta keep expectations reasonable to avoid disappointment
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Retina display? Sure. Facetime camera? Sure. Redesigned to look like iPhone 4? Probably not but totally possible. Flash? No. USB Port? No? SDHC? No.
Of course they’re all technically possibilities (as is anything) but if history is any clue, waiting for some of those features is just going to lead to disappointment.
Guess that whole apple logo lawsuit boiled over.
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I am no big city mayor, but my iPad 64 GB 3G goes everywhere with me. I use it when I lecture at the university; I check email on the go; review legislative agendas; append notes any number of documents; and the list goes on. I use it extensively and find myself using my iPhone less and less (other than for phone calls). I cannot replace my MacBook Pro for some things, but it comes pretty close.
Now I just have to buy one for my wife so she stops trying to take possession of mine every time she sees it.
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I’m curious — is it now fairly easy to print from the iPad; if so, how?
Can Word docs be loaded wirelessly, or do you need to physically connect to a laptop? I assume Pages can open/edit them.
It looks like an incredible device, but I think I’ll wait for the second gen, just for the inevitable refinements.
The best reading experience I ever
Had, the lighting, format , and not
Having to tie up more shelf space
With another dust collector!!!!
“…he even called Apple founder Steve Jobs to tell him how much he loves his new toy.”
Yeah. It’s just a toy. Man, I’m tired of seeing Apple’s products referred to as mere playthings. Did Lucadamo read her own article? Isn’t the device practically indispensable to the user? Yeesh.
I think of mine as a toy. I also think of my shiny red convertible as a toy. And my huge motorhome. I know many others who think like I do that toy means love. I feel just like a kid with my new iPad toy.
I hate what Bloomberg has done to New York. He’s an asshole.
@ aka Chrstion–
In defense of the article, I consider my “toys” and “things I can’t live without” to be the same things.
@pastrychef…
Is NY gone, turned into Detroit? Do the Yankees now play in Jersey? No?
Then fugetaboutit!
Hey guys, JakeB had a few frankly innocent and honest questions for us back there. I also don’t know the answers to his questions and hope this fraternity of Mac lovers can skip the irrevelant political moaning and
respond to readers with a little more cogency.
@Mac4lfe
I voted for Billy Talen in the last election.
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@ JakeB
There are plenty of apps available to print on the iPad. However, they are far from perfect and most require an additional app on the host computer. But, it does offer wireless printing on the iPad.
No, you cannot sync documents to the iPad wirelessly.
When I hold my iPad by the bottom left hand corner, I cannot seem to make phone calls with it. Anyone else have this problem?
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“… declaring that he is trying to go paperless …”
Except when it comes to wiping his ass: He still uses the Bill of Rights for that. NYC deserves everything they get for re-electing that piece of trash.
@TheMacAdvocate,
“In other news, Gov. Patterson is still waiting for delivery of his HP Slate.”
It doesn’t matter – he wouldn’t know the difference.
@MDN when you going to stop calling the iPad revolutionary?