What is on Your Mind?

I was referring to from above. So we agree on the fact that it isn't quite useable for the regular office stuff, while some people touted it to be just that (replacement for netbooks).

IMO (and that means it's subjective) it's an overpowered & overpriced eBook reader. And with all the functionality it's providing, there isn't one thing there that would strike me as unique, or that I couldn't get out of a netbook at a much lower price.

I like it and would never read a book on a tiny netbook ....... I don't like netbooks (subjective of course).... the screen is too small for me.

Neither would I. I prefer the sensation (smell/look/fell) of a real book, which is why I wouldn't even get an eBook reader.

Me too....

But I like the idea of carrying 200 books on a train, airplane or in my car when I am not willing to lug 200 books around.

The iPad is perfect for that.

Also, when I am on the go making travel plans, checking out hotels, booking on Agoda, etc, I need something like the iPad, light, sleek and easy to use... both WiFi and Edge/GPRS as I recall.

Also, I like to carry 10 or 20 movies as well.

Also, for e-learning...... I can read up on regular expressions or PHP programming tricks if I have a few books handy on my iPad and time to kill ....

None of these tasks which I am talking about work well with netbooks for me, and I cannot PuTTY into the site with a Kindle, I don't think

@pludi (iplud ;-) ):
Hey, I never claimed I would *need* it for the office. I meant that I can use it for whatever I like and it will replace my macbook in some cases and it will replace my iphone in other cases.

I love real books too, but I have already too many and no more space at home. It is also quite troublesome to search physical books for something special - I relate to edv-books like about unix, php, sendmail, ...

Overpriced - this lies in the eye of the beholder. I never had the feeling that any of Apples products was overpriced. They have great hardware, great software and great support. For me, it is ok.

On the other hand......

No multitasking, no USB port, no Bluetooth .....

The iPad could be a lot better... !!

So, I see pludi's point as well

(I might change my vote !! )

I see you have done it already.... just for the cause of keeping the discussion going?

No usb? it has bluetooth, wifi and a dock connector. What do you need usb for? The concept is, you connect your iPad to a Mac (desktop or notebook) via dock connector and do your syncing/copying this way. Just like an iPod or the iPhone.

As for the multitasking argument ... i am a single tasking person.

i do not want to have people skyping me if i do something else or windows popping up giving me useless information all the time.

And for the music, I guess it will be just like the iphone: you can listen to music while doing something else. And you will be notified if new mail arrives (although I would prefer if not).

So, would you pleeeease change your voting once again ? I feel real lonely there and I can't stand all those negative opinions throughout the net any more.

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uh, neo, apple has listened to your complaints and created a nice solution especially for you:

Hardmac.com : Le "Macbidouille" in English - Accessories for iPad

(I refer to the "iPod camera Connection Kit, 2 modules, one dock-USB and the other one dock-SD card reader". )

And yes, it will have bluetooth.

Will you give it a chance?