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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Not so much "extensive", but "epub, mobi, pdf." Doc/RTF would be good too, but (sigh) those can be thrown into PDF if necessary. It'd be good for a single program to handle both commercial ebook formats (even if only non-DRM'd) that are required reading for some classes, and the standard PDFs.
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You can of course read all those on an iPad -albeit with different applications. I agree it would be nice to have one "do it all" app, but there's something to be said for an app that does one thing, and does it WELL, such as Goodreader for PDFs.
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business execs want something that'll deal with an 8-hour flight and a few hours on either side of that. But I suspect that can be worked around, just as they manage for laptops now.)
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Seems to be standard to have USB power sockets on seats in everything other than local flights these days, so power issues are probably largely a thing of the past.
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I suspect the real complaint against tablets is the cost, which I don't think is caused by the extra computer functions--I think it's caused by putting a good visual display and long-life battery in a tiny package
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Very true. Of course you can get a 10" no-name Android tablet for a third the price of the iPad. The problem is that it will probably have a 2h battery life
. You can also get very, very good Android tablets from companies like Samsung and Motorola which are every bit the equal of the iPad (and which cost pretty much the same as the iPad).