Seems like the iPad might be awkward to hold no matter how you position it. It'll be too heavy to hold in one hand, you can't operate it if you hold it in two hands, and it will be impractical to use for long periods in your lap.
Will the iPad be too difficult to use in any position? That's one of several questions emerging as iPad availability looms closer.
Will the iPad be hard to use?
Lee Mathews, writing at Download Squad, analyzes the first iPad commercial, which aired Sunday night at the Oscars, and asks, "So why is everyone in the iPad commercial sitting down?"
Everybody in the commercial is sitting, and holding the iPad in their lap, Mathews notes, and speculates that the iPad is hard to use any other way. It's too big and heavy to be held in one hand, he says.
Read the rest of my post on the Computerworld Tool Talk Blog: Apple's iPad: Awkward to use in any position? And other questions
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