It would seem that I’m likely to be a minority in this thought but I’m currently appreciating the lack of multitasking in the iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch.

I recently purchased an iPad along with Pages, Apple’s word processing app. It occurred to me, in the course of prepping for a research paper, that I would not be able to skim back and forth from a web browser to my document as easily as I would be able to on my laptop. At first glance I thought this would be an issue but soon realized that without the distraction of the internet I could actually be more productive with my writing. Another side effect of this is greater retention for the subject of my paper. I would actually be required to spend the 8-10 seconds remembering what I just read about and not just quickly darting back and forth between browser and document like I would normally. It’s anyones guess as to how this will pan out but as for me? I like it.