The Apple iPad

[imdrunkontea]

Actually that would be more like 20% more expensive.

depending on the price in that range, 25%-66% more expensive.

1.25*400=1.66*300=500

[Norfindel]

Apple products are for those who have no sense of comparison shopping and are are trying too hard to be cool.

Or for people that has the money, and want to use simple things. It has "easy to use" written all over it

However, i wonder how much does the battery last. It's one of the big problems of mobile computing. Also, won't the screen be easy to scratch? It looks a little exposed.

I look with good eyes at devices like the Kindle, or the Skiff, that can run a lot of time, and are easy on the eyes even on bright sunlight. Of course, they have no color, but the advantages more than address for this. Someone should make a tablet pc with this kind of displays.

[screw_ball69]

Netbooks are great little laptops but I am looking for a good ereader that has a color screen and can import books, thats my only reason for liking the iPad

[Perfecttear]

http://www.funnyordie.co.uk/videos/167d70800c/the-ipad

This pretty much sums it up

[Lupino]

So they release a giant iPhone, except it can't make any calls?

Netbooks are great little laptops but I am looking for a good ereader that has a color screen and can import books, thats my only reason for liking the iPad

For half the cost of Apple's latest wiz-bang gadget you can get a very good eReader like Kindle or Nook, which uses E Ink so you don't end up killing your eyes after reading for an hour or so. And really you don't need a color screen to read books, though Nook does have a small one for menu selection and such, but still a netbook is going to give you the same thing but at better price and more functionality.

[limE]

Have you thought about the battery time?? it cant be that long if your watching a movie or playing a game?

[imdrunkontea]

10 hours on "normal usage," for the iPad. Since that means 1 program at a time max, a dumbed-down OS, slow CPU and lack of flash, if you were, say, watching a movie, it would probably be 3-4 hours max. Which actually isn't too bad, but nothing truly spectacular.

[Sarov]

http://www.funnyordie.co.uk/videos/167d70800c/the-ipad

This pretty much sums it up

Admittedly, the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw iPad was a paper pad with the Apple logo on it. Such a fail name.

Apparently, we are on the same page Perfecttear.

[Hammy]

Admittedly, the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw iPad was a paper pad with the Apple logo on it. Such a fail name.

You do realize that's the exact goal right? No more paper, ever. Just touchpads like that one.
As usual though, I only hate apple because they charge so much on the apple logo. Their technology isn't actually that bad, it just has a performance/price ratio that's abysmal compared to it's competition. Although I would never ever buy this, I'm not sure I could blame people who know nothing about computers or electronics for getting an IPad just because Apple's genius advertisement tells them to.

[screw_ball69]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/image...hart_final.jpg


Perhaps my best bet is the HP Slate