So, who else grabbed an iPad this weekend?

[CTScott]

Sure there will eventually be better options out there, but in the 5 months since I purchased mine many of those theoreticals have fizzled and thus far there's nothing equivalent out there.

I've owned 3 different UMPCs and one Windows based tablet, and after a month or so with each I abandoned each due to poor battery life, too tiny to be useful screens, or annoying input devices (stylus, keyboard, etc.) So, at this point 5 months and I'm still happy with it says a lot.

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by CTScott

Sure there will eventually be better options out there, but in the 5 months since I purchased mine many of those theoreticals have fizzled and thus far there's nothing equivalent out there.

I've owned 3 different UMPCs and one Windows based tablet, and after a month or so with each I abandoned each due to poor battery life, too tiny to be useful screens, or annoying input devices (stylus, keyboard, etc.) So, at this point 5 months and I'm still happy with it says a lot.

+1, we had a $3000 Fujitsu TabletPC we used for work, it was pretty decent but using a stylus was a pain (and it was pretty chunky and heavy).

then later I got a "cheap" HP convertible laptop with a touchscreen that does not require a stylus, this turned out to be a resistive touchscreen like on earlier PDAs, no accuracy at all...

And now I have an iPad ordered and coming sooon :D And if a better alternative comes around, I'll probably get that too hahahah.. I can think of many many uses for these devices

[tomato]

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

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And now I have an iPad ordered and coming sooon :D And if a better alternative comes around, I'll probably get that too hahahah.. I can think of many many uses for these devices

Congratulations! I think you're gonna love it (well, there is thAT initial android-adaptation time but you should get over that pretty quick)

If a better alternative comes along and I have a need for it, then, I guess I'll just get it and sell my iPad. There is a huge market out there for used Apple equipment, so it won't be too hard and in my experience, Apple stuff doesn't depreciate that fast.)