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Originally Posted by GhostHawk
Actually I had a chance to see an Ipad this weekend.
Frankly I wasn't that impressed.
Its incredibly expensive, the surface is always smudged, fingerprints, etc.
Its heavy, yet the battery life is only about 10 hours.
I can see where it is an apple gadget freaks delight, but I wouldn't trade my Jetbook for one. Its a status symbol more than a reader in my opinion.
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You know, I'm not going to diss Apple lovers. Everybody loves different pieces of technology and IMHO it is each to their own. Now the iPads are rather expensive, and I actually read the warranty of the iPad, apparently a faulty battery is not covered, so you need to as a consumer pay to have the iPad replaced. The iPad also has some protective cover that is designed to wear off in time (can't recall the exact wording of it). So essentially I read it as, you as the consumer takes all liability for an expensive gadget, which technically has a used-by-date with protective measures wearing off. For $650AUS for the base model, a battery at least IMHO should be covered for 6 months at least. Heck I bought a $300AUS netbook and it has 12 months on the battery.
And you're right about the 10 hours. If what is said is true and the average battery has 500 charge/discharge cycles, and you use your iPad daily, chances are in 18 months - 2 years the sucker has had it. I still love the quote from a guy I go to Uni with when I asked about his iphone, he said "The iphone is great for doing anything but what you'd want a mobile phone to do".