I am writing this blog from my newly acquired iPad and very slick) keyboard. While in Japan I realized that I needed an IPad. Specifically, I realized that an IPad fit neatly in the remaining space I had in these planes. I do not know why planes appear to be offering less space, but I annoy operate a `3 inch MacBook in the space provided. Yet with the iPad and the keyboard I am use fine.
The keyboard is slick. I bought a foldable keyboard at a place called Bic camera an it makes me feel like a hacker. It sits neatly on the space in front of the iPad and folds away neatly and sleekly when not in use.
On the other hand, the IPad was a miss. I should have either waited and purchased used on amazon or forked out the additional hundred or two for a newer model airpad. As it stands, I overpaid badly for an IPad 9, because of a language barrier and me not realizing that the sweet model I had all picked out was actually a SoftBank product that, acoriding to them, wouldn’t be fully functional in the USA. So I took it on the chin and bought a fallback model because I was already too deep into the process to want to to back out. There are a lot of words for what this is, but I will settle on stubborn.
Obviously, this is a first effort. If the rig proves worthwhile, I might upgrade and hand it down to a kid next year—but I am pretty sure the only way I move on from the keyboard is if I find a backlit model. Heck, maybe this one IS backlit and I
Be yet to unlock that secret…
The moral is this: Enjoy the things you have, and do not dwell on how you might have gotten them cheaper. Every bit of life is story and this bit of tech has an interesting one now.