[Grey Ram]

I have an ipod touch and a kindle.

Find it difficult to justify an iPad because I also have a laptop. I carry the kindle most of the time either in my backpack or in my hand and do most of my reading on it. The iPod is small enough to carry everywhere even when I don't take the backpack with me, but I only use it for reading in the dark, its main use is for daily planner, contacts, e-mail and other apps. When serious work is required I take my laptop (which in that case is in the backpack with the kindle).

All in all, I don't see the point of buying something else because it goes like this:

Traveling light: no-frills cell phone+ipod, all my relevant information on the iPod and using the phone just for calls saves battery. Everything fits in my pockets.

Commuting without backpack: cell phone+ipod in my pockets and the kindle is light enough to carry in my hands for reading. Carrying the kindle 3 is no more burden than a slim paperback.

Commuting with backpack or business trip: I have space for all may gadgets in my backpack, reading on the kindle until it gets dark, then change to ipod.

Any time I need to do "serious work", I pull out the laptop, which is light enough to carry to a workplace and powerful enough to do any task I want. If I didn't have the ipod I would not buy an iPad, because it is more expensive and cumbersome to carry in addition to the kindle, while holding almost the same apps. I would probably buy a smartphone instead, but battery life is a concern when it is used heavily. With the iPod, running out of battery is not a great problem because I still have my contacts in my (basic) cell-phone.