others are simply clueless.
Awww you included me in the post. Really I couldn't care less. Portable technology will always be portable first, in front of performance, features, looks and everything else. In fact I just bought my first laptop. It's a 5 year old HP that I paid $50 for. It does everything and more that I would need to, pretty much a 6-pound (weight dann... not money) netbook with more features for less money. Really I only see 3 markets: Laptop, phone, high-capacity music device. Amazon invented Kindle and I'm guessing this is Apple's pretty'ed version. I haven't looked at the features or specifications but I'm guessing it's a iPod Touch with a over-sized screen. If that's the case, I would say battery life is going to suffer due to backlight usage. Even if this iPad was $50, I really don't see the point. (again, I don't know specifications) It won't fit in your pocket and it probably doesn't have the features or power of a laptop. I think the Apple thin laptop would be a choice that's miles better than the iPad... but... I'm not a mainstream aestheticly-driven simple-minded person with money to burn.