Do I need an iPad?

 

Do I really need an iPad? I am not a big fan of first iteration products (considering the major differences between iPhone 2G & iPhone 3G), but I tried keeping a list of digital activities I do daily, and see which of my Apple gadgets fits where.. here we go:

  • Phone calls: iPhone!
  • Find a place on the move: iPhone
  • Skype at home & work: iPad
  • Social networks: iPhone & iPad
  • Push email notifications: iPhone
  • Work emails & attachments: Macbook
  • Sharing articles and videos: iPad & iPhone
  • Creating Docs at home: iPad
  • Presentations: iPad
  • Showing/Reviewing docs at work with others: iPad
  • Watching movies and TV shows: iPad
  • Reading digital books in bed: iPad
  • Reading digital books on the move: iPad
  • Web browsing in bed: iPad
  • Web browsing at home: iPad
  • Web browsing at work: Macbook
  • Audio podcasts: iPod Nano
  • Music at Gym: iPod Nano
  • Expenses tracking: iPhone
  • Blogging: iPad
  • Reviewing and viewing photos: iPad
  • Editing photos: Macbook
  • Video chat: None (so far!)
  • IMing with work colleagues: Macbook
  • Creating graphics: Macbook
  • Creating mockups and wireframes: iPad
  • Games: iPhone
  • Music on the move: iPod Nano
  • Projects planning: Macbook
  • Notes creation and editing: Macbook & iPad
  • Notes viewing: iPhone
  • SMS: iPhone
  • Cinemas and showtimes: iPhone
  • Reading long PDFs: iPad
  • Organizing work documents, resources, projects: MacBook
  • Calendar at work: Macbook
  • View & organize contacts: iPad & iPhone
  • Calendar on the go: iPhone
  • Calendar alerts: iPhone
  • Push notifications: iPhone
  • Web browsing in the street or in car: iPhone
  • Web browsing on train: iPad

Do I need my Macbook? any more?! :)