It's a very expensive but essentially fun toy. Not quite mobile, not quite PC, but engaging anyway.

Fantastic design Easy to use Lends itself well to the average consumer

Incredibly expensive Doesn't know what it wants to be Tough for work No Flash support; But you knew that

It's been a few months since Apple's shiny plinth was thrust from the waters, gleaming deity-like on the black sand shores. I had just returned from a month-long trip checking out the top technology at IFA in Berlin and the World Expo in Shanghai when I heard that I had become editor of Tone.

Today I am checking out the 16GB Apple iPad. The iPad launched Saturday and was dropped off on my doorstep by early afternoon Saturday. Yesterday I posted up some unboxing pictures of the device and a few early impression of the iPad.

Fantastic on-screen keyboard; Great screen; Lightweight; Good-looking

Strange issue with WiFi drops; iPad native apps are too expensive in some instances

A review of the 2017 9.7in iPad to find out if it's a good upgrade for anyone still using an older iPad.

The iPad is a fun device to use - the interface, the apps, the games. Browsing is a fun experience too. This is a quality lifestyle product that is fun to use. However, it's aimed at having fun, and not at getting work done. Priced at Rs. 27,900 to Rs.

Well designed; well built and attractive looking; Great simplistic interface and very good onscreen keypad; Great gaming experience; Wealth of applications available

Expensive; Lack of a front camera for chatting and such; Lack of memory expansion as an option; Display is prone to smudges

There are two ways I could write this Apple iPad review: the pessimistic way or the optimistic way. For a device that has polarised the gadget community as to whether it is the "second coming" or merely "sucks", the thing that both approaches have in common is a chance to cause a debate.

Watch movies; play games; read books; great screen

Will cost you to fill it with useful stuff; can't multitask yet; limited to what Apple offers you

The iPad is probably the most overhyped portable computing device since the iPhone. Although it's tempting to dismiss Apple's 9.7in touchscreen tablet computer as nothing more than a large iPod Touch, it's much more than that thanks to its larger, higher resolution screen.

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Adequate Storage; Easy To Use; Fast; Good Battery Life; Large Screen; Lightweight; Reliable Performance

Poor Speaker Quality

The iPad was introduced as one of the first tablet devices of this generation. It can be thought of as a super-charged iPod touch, with a far larger screen and many more exciting features. The iPad has Apple's 1 GHz A4 system and 512 MB of RAM.

I have read many reviews of the iPad stressing that as a device for consuming media the iPad is a fantastic device but for creating it is very poor.