Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Wow an iPad

I received some interesting news today. I've evidently won an iPad in a drawing. It is legit, I checked. Even though there were typos in the email (made me suspicious). I checked with the company and they confirmed it was true. They are shipping it to me within the week. They only asked for my prefered shipping address.
I guess I am going to be dragged into the Apple world whether I like it or not. The debate now is whether to keep it or return it for cash. I am not sure what version it is, but based on the "value" of the prize of $500 I assume it is the 16GB WiFi. I need to decide if I want to keep it and if I do, should I return it somewhere, pay the extra $100 and get the 32GB version. Another option would be to get the 3G version (probably not, I don't want to pay a monthly fee).
I like the iPod touch and I've played with an iPad but wouldn't buy one. Since it is free, I'll see if we like it. My wife will play with it as well. We can always sell it if we don't feel we'll make good use of it. One good thing is that it will stream Netflix, that would be fun.