"If you need to create or edit giant spreadsheets or long documents, or
you have elaborate systems for organizing email, or need to perform
video chats, the iPad isn't going to cut it as your go-to device," said
Mossberg.
Reviewers have weighed in on the iPad. The consensus verdict is that Apple's tablet-style computing device is a stylish, versatile tool for e-reading, media viewing, and communicating—but it falls short as a full-on laptop or netbook replacement.
Veteran Wall Street Journal tech critic Walter Mossberg has been testing the iPad for the past week. The device has "the potential to change portable computing profoundly," Mossberg wrote, in a column published Thursday.
"If you're mainly a Web surfer, note taker,
social networker and emailer, and a consumer of photos, videos, books,
periodicals and music—this could be for you," wrote Mossberg.
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Author: Paul McDougall
