the first ipad is a fun device to play with now. it runs ios 5 well and you can do a lot with ios 5. the app store works, itunes store works, icloud, imessage, mail (with gmail) and youtube (with tuberepair) work. it also was the first device to feature the A4 chip, apple’s first in house chip and the only device to use it that ran ios 3 when it launched (iphone 4 and ipod touch 4 ran ios 4). but unlike the iphone and ipod it got left on ios 5 because it didn’t have a camera so it runs fast. i bought it at a good will for 27 bucks. who needs one of those family calendar things that cost $200 when you have this and it does a photo slideshow as a bonus