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• tmsconsulting 2:20 pm on September 7, 2010
  Tags: iOS, Mobility, Tech ( 4 )   

  Goodbye iPad, until we meet again 

  Back in April I became the owner of a “magical” device called the iPad. I bought it with the intention of using it to conduct business on the go. I quickly found that it was much lighter to lug around then my MacBook and I was getting around 10 hours of use between charges. This was really helpful considering I wanted to be more mobile. $30 for the AT&T Unlimited Plan (which they no longer offer) was very reasonable and I used it on several occasions. I used an app from the App Store called iTeleport to login to my MacBook remotely. Everything was working just as I had hoped.

  After a couple of months had come and gone I was still very pleased with the use I was getting out of the iPad. I had been to Michigan to visit my In-Laws and was able to use it to get the job done without my MacBook nearby. My family spent several days by the pool side and I was able to join them while still getting some work done.

  Beyond just business I found that I was using the iPad more and more for entertainment purposes. My wife and I used it to watch several TV Shows from both Netflix and iTunes. There were also some fun games from the App Store that grabbed some of my time. The kids were always asking to play Plants vs. Zombies on the iPad.

  At the end of August our ’92 Toyota Previa decided to have some costly issues. The repair costs started to add up and we were not in a position to shell out that kind of money. We had just been to Holiday World with some friends and had just signed up the kids for Soccer and Volleyball which did not help. As painful as it was to admit, it was clear that the iPad needed to be sacrificed for the greater good.

  It had been awhile since I had used eBay but I got the listing setup without much trouble. Against my better judgement I decided to use my iPhone 4 to take the photos. I watched, over the course of what seemed like an incredibly long week, as the bids slowly increased the sale price. 7 days and 39 bids later the iPad was sold for $605 to someone in Arizona. The buyer paid promptly and since there is no contract on iPad data plans I was able to get the unlimited plan billing switched over without much trouble.

  I went into a FedEx Office location to ship out the iPad to the new owner this afternoon. A friendly enough guy helped me package it and we had a few short conversations about iPad and iOS devices in general. I couldn’t help but think about all the good times I had with this “magical” device and hoped the new owner would enjoy it just as much. As I walked out the door with my receipt and tracking number in hand I thought to myself “Goodbye iPad, until we meet again”.