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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
....and the cost of a Kindle 3 is the same as 1 year of low-end 3g service for the iPad. ....
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This.
I haven't thought much about this recently (thought about it a lot when I first got a Kindle, again when I considered iPod Touch vs iPhone) but this is a big deal. At least, it's a big deal for me. I would rather save my pennies and buy something big than commit myself to more monthly bills.
The iPad is very shiny. Literally. I might want one someday--a WiFi one. But I want a K3 *first*.
And regarding PDAs disappearing into smartphones--I don't want to have my PDA held for ransom every month. Show me a pay-go smartphone and I'll think about it. In the meantime, an iPod touch works pretty darn well as a PDA, which is a big part of why I got one.