Another question, have any of you purchased a car mount for iPad? That is my next want, but wanted to hear some local reviews. I've read some reviews on iPad forum.

Interesting. I find the mail client to be really good, and have no problems with Safari. what specifically didin't you like about those two applications?
I consider the mail client "adequate" as opposed to "really good". I'll be happier with it when the iPad gets the IOS 4 client with the unified inbox and threading. I would really appreciate the ability to view full email headers though, and AFAIK that's not in the pipe. Also, IMO I should be able to swipe right or left to go to the next/previous message rather than pressing those little buttons, but that's pretty minor.

Regarding Safari, the truth is that I'm not a huge fan of it on the desktop either (lack of advanced configurability and ad blocking), but the mobile version is even worse with no tabs. The craptastic caching is what drives me up the wall the most though. I also don't understand why all browsers, especially those designed for smaller screens, don't integrate the search and address bars (or at least make this an option). Yes, I've looked at Atomic Web Browser, but bad UI design just kills me, and I haven't seen any indication that it solves the caching problem.


As far as multitasking goes, the next update includes that (better described as fast app switching in most cases).
I use backgrounder + multifl0w for this (jailbreak).

I use backgrounder + multifl0w for this (jailbreak).

I do this as well, but most people aren't going to be interested in JB'ing their devices.

I consider the mail client "adequate" as opposed to "really good". I'll be happier with it when the iPad gets the IOS 4 client with the unified inbox and threading. I would really appreciate the ability to view full email headers though, and AFAIK that's not in the pipe. Also, IMO I should be able to swipe right or left to go to the next/previous message rather than pressing those little buttons, but that's pretty minor.

Regarding Safari, the truth is that I'm not a huge fan of it on the desktop either (lack of advanced configurability and ad blocking), but the mobile version is even worse with no tabs. The craptastic caching is what drives me up the wall the most though. I also don't understand why all browsers, especially those designed for smaller screens, don't integrate the search and address bars (or at least make this an option). Yes, I've looked at Atomic Web Browser, but bad UI design just kills me, and I haven't seen any indication that it solves the caching problem.For most stuff the email client works but the problem with attachments has been awful for me. It may be something unique to the message or something but it does work in the iPhone 4 for me.

Atomic Browser works pretty good and was worth the small price I paid. It doesn't refresh just switching from tab to tab. But if you close and then come back it has to refresh every tab which is annoying.

I don't want to jailbreak really.

For most stuff the email client works but the problem with attachments has been awful for me. It may be something unique to the message or something but it does work in the iPhone 4 for me.
Yeah, the mail client does do some weird stuff with attachments. When I experience attachment problems, which is most often when attempting to forward single-page PDFs, this is my workaround (YMMV if your "attachment issues" are different than mine):

Open the problematic attachment in GoodReader (http://www.goodiware.com/goodreader.html). You can do this from the mail client by clicking and holding the attachment's icon in the original message and selecting 'open in "GoodReader"'.
In GoodReader, go to your "My Documents" list (top left button). Select "Manage Files" from the right pane. Choose the document(s) you want to send from the left pane, then hit the "E-Mail" icon in the right pane.
The default iPad email client will launch, opening a message with the attachment from GoodReader in it, and you can choose your recipients and send as usual. Despite the fact that it visually appears to be doing the exact same thing, the attachments will come through intact.

The primary drawback to this, besides the extra 15s it takes, is that you get the attachments to the recipient, but they're no longer associated with the text content of the original email (since you're not actually forwarding the message).

Yeah, the mail client does do some weird stuff with attachments. When I experience attachment problems, which is most often when attempting to forward single-page PDFs, this is my workaround (YMMV if your "attachment issues" are different than mine):

Open the problematic attachment in GoodReader (http://www.goodiware.com/goodreader.html). You can do this from the mail client by clicking and holding the attachment's icon in the original message and selecting 'open in "GoodReader"'.
In GoodReader, go to your "My Documents" list (top left button). Select "Manage Files" from the right pane. Choose the document(s) you want to send from the left pane, then hit the "E-Mail" icon in the right pane.
The default iPad email client will launch, opening a message with the attachment from GoodReader in it, and you can choose your recipients and send as usual. Despite the fact that it visually appears to be doing the exact same thing, the attachments will come through intact.

The primary drawback to this, besides the extra 15s it takes, is that you get the attachments to the recipient, but they're no longer associated with the text content of the original email (since you're not actually forwarding the message).
Thanks - I'll try that next time.

If you own an iPad, you really need to sync it with your computer and iTunes so you can get the major software update that was released this week! Just being able to create app folders is reason enough for me.

Word of caution though. Back up your iPad to iTunes BEFORE upgrading. My upgrade had issues and I had to do a 'restore' which erases everything on the iPad.

I actually like to do a backup and restore once a year on all my Apple devices.

Just updated the 4 and the iPad today. Does it auto-discover any wireless printer? Haven't been around one to test it yet.