One of the largest misconceptions about the Apple Inc.iPad is that it is essentially a larger iPhone or iPod Touch (I have also heard the term “iPhone on steroids” thrown around). This is simply not true. The iPhone and iPad are totally different beasts when it comes to software, hardware, and what you can do on each device. That said, the two devices do can do a lot of the same jobs: Both allow you to play games, send e-mail, browse the Web,watch videos, and listen to music etc.

So if you are already an iPhone holder, do you need the iPad too? The answer depends on how you presently using your iPhoneand on what you want out of the iPad. Think of it this way: If you have ever found yourself wanting more from your iPhone, you might reflect investing in an iPad. Do you watch a lot of videos on your iPhone? If yes, then you have possibly wished that the display were larger. Are you a gamer? iPad games upset iPhone games out of the water.

My conclusion, I am an iPhone 3GS owner. And at the moment, I am not rushing to the store to buy an iPadthough I am open to changing my mind. But don’t let my indecisiveness influence you. Deliberate these factors.

Price: Deep Pockets Required

For clear reasons, the iPad is a much better investment than the iPhone 3GS. Valuing depends on the amount of storage the iPadcontains, and on whether it has provision for 3G networks. An iPad equipped only with Wi-Fi connectivity prices 0 (16GB), 0 (32GB), or 0 (64GB). The Wi-Fiplus-3G version, accessible later this month, will cost 0 more at each size–0 (16GB), 0 (32GB), and 0 (64GB) and of course, if you acquire the 3G version, you will also have to pay for a data planeither a month for 250MB of data, or a month for unlimited data.

By contrast, the iPhone 3G is 0 while the fresher and faster iPhone 3GS starts at 0 (with a two-year contract). Unlimited 3G data plans for the iPhone cost as well on top of your voice and text rates. Call me cheap, but the assumed of paying for two distinct data plans makes me shudder.

Be ready to covering out a lot of money for content, too: My colleagues who picked up iPads today have already put noteworthydips in their wallets by buying apps, which range in price from free to , A bit more exclusive than the equivalent iPhone application, usually. And if you plan on taking up books through Apple’s iBooks Store, expect to pay around to (however there are a few inexpensive titles, as well as free iBooks). As a keenbooklover and a fan of ridiculous iPhone games, I don’t think I had able to support my habit on the iPad.

Heavy Hardware

Another item to consider is how you are going to carry the 9.6-by-7.5-by-0.5-inches thick iPad around. Unless you invest in a pair of iPants, you cannot exactly toss it in your pocket. And I’m not a fan of carrying a lot of stuff around on my person, so the iPhone is a superior match for me. However, 1.5 pounds doesn’t seem like much weight, I think carrying the iPad around all day might take a toll on my shoulders andalso a defensive case is a must: Do not toss this thing insecure into your backpack among your other scrap. The display can crash and the back scratches easily. Don’t believe me? Check out our iPadPressure Test video. I’m constantly tumbling my iPhone, so I’m afraid of how I’d handle the iPad.

On the other hand, the iPad’s multimedia typesoutplay the iPhone’s. Clearly, watching videos is higher on the iPad’s 9.7-inch display. And have you ever tried listening to music via your iPhone’s exterior speakers? Music sounds are weak and somewhat tinny-definitely not ideal for an audiophile like me. I was satisfyingly surprised by the iPad’s speakers, however. My music expressed loud and the quality was pretty clean.

Also, while I am pleased with Web browsing on the iPhone, it is a preference to be able to comfortably view a full page on the iPad.

Built-in Applications: Better on the iPad

The iPad and the iPhone have numerous of the same essential native apps (the iPad runs iPhone OS 3.2, while the iPhone runs iPhone OS 3.1), but a rare of the iPad’s have been enhanced to take benefit of the larger screen. The e-mail application, for example, in landscape mode shows fresh messages and a search bar at the left, and shows the particular message at the right–a handy layout that merely isn’t possible on the iPhone’s smaller screen. The Photo Viewer is similarly cool: The app lets you preview many more images, more easily than on the iPhone. There are also further ways of viewing your images on the iPad, containing some cool slideshow preferences. I also love the way the associate application looks like a physical address book.

Cooler Apps

No question, appsenhanced for the iPad look unbelievable. Diehard gamers in particular will be impressed. But as more of aunexpected gamer, I am okay with playing my (much smaller) games on my iPhone. The same goes for other applications. I tweet a couple of times a day and am fine with Tweet-deck on my iPhone. But recurrent Twitter users might get a lot more out of Tweet-deck on the iPad: You can tweet from multiple accounts, easily geo-locate tweets via a built-in maps, and view many more of your friends’ updates at once.

However, I appreciate all that the iPad can do, I am pretty fulfilled with my iPhone 3GS and I won’t be rushing over to the Apple Inc.store any time soon. I have only spent a day with the iPad, though, so my opinion might change especially as more cool application roll out.

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