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Originally Posted by Seahawk
Perfect!
My wife wants a tablet for her birthday.
I have no issues with the Ipad and think I understand the puts and takes.
But I also am looking at the BB Playbook, Android, etc.
She would like to be able to download books (and "books on tape" for the car), surf, get sheet music downloads, etc.
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Paul,
You need iTunes installed for these links.
Books:
iBooks,
Nook,
Kindle,
various apps with interactive books, and
apps with collections.
Audiobooks are available on iTunes.
Surfing can be done on Safari without support for Flash.
Sheet music:
ForScore,
Musicnotes, and
iGigBook. There are a bunch more. I just picked a few with decent reviews. ForScore is probably the best of them.
The office apps work very well. Each one comes with a tutorial.
Some things to consider:
The battery is not replaceable, but the battery life is seriously 10 hours (not the "10 hours max while word processing"). You get around 1,000 charge cycles before the battery is reduced to ~80% of its new capacity, which will easily last the life of the device. If she is charging it every day (meaning all she does is play with the iPad 10 hours a day) then it will still last several years.
For sensitive eyes you may consider getting an e-reader just for reading. Looking at any refreshing screen is going to be hard on them.
You also need a stand alone computer to sync the iPad. It is not a complete computing device yet. One of my biggest annoyances is that you have to organize your photos on the computer for the stock photo app on the iPad. If you want to do it on the device you need another app like PhotoSort. Music on the computer can be streamed to the iPad, and it manages its own Apps. The only reasons I sync are for updates to the iOS (Apps update on the device) and to back it up.
Just my .02.
--John