Survey: iPad a preferred leisure device

I just spent 3 weeks in Japan travelling with my (JB'd) iPad, connecting a 750gb HDD to it... 3 weeks with a Canon 7D and a NON JB'd iPad would not of made it through the 3 weeks due to the storage constraints...

My 3 week holiday set up was - iPad + 750gb 2.5" WD HDD + Canon 7D camera + Split USB Cable. It sure beats lugging around a notebook computer.

My iPad is the device I take where I can't be arsed lugging around a larger computer.

It's very rare for me (even before my iPad) to watch TV for the sake of watching TV. It's sometimes on in the background whilst I use my iPad or Computer, the only time I actually give my full attention to the TV is when I've fired up the Playstation. ( I think that might be the 2% other, video games )

To dig my TVs grave even deeper, if I want to watch a show I just watch it via the Internet on, you guessed it, my iPad! It's so nice to sit in bed watching a quick show on iPlayer before going to sleep.

"My wife and I typically go for the iPad first during our evening leisure time, the computer next and the TV last."

And they say romance is dead?

But you still can't cook on your iPad....until now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG2rmh3wQp8

http://tinyurl.com/mycooktop

Netflix on the iPad has replaced TV for me (actually getting rid of my TV during the analog / digital transition was the motivator). Good lord Ken Burns series and on-demand video is such a time-suck, I have to ration myself to just a couple nights a week or I'd get nothing done.

I am watching a LOT less TV and reading a LOT more!

I can attest this is definitely the case for my wife and I. We now spend more time with the iPad than we do watching TV.