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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Well the point on that front is you can use the iPad without 3G, while you can't the iPhone (though you could just get an iTouch I suppose. I'd buy the WiFi model if I was getting one as I don't need 3G. I have WiFi at the home and the office where I'd use it most often.
I'd only take it places where I had WiFi access--coffee shop, hotel when traveling (either stay where it's free, or work pays for it if it's a conference etc.) so I just don't need it.
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And Laptops or Netbooks handle WiFi so much better, having a much richer application set to choose from.
I'm just not seeing what the niche for this device is (other than people who buy anything Apple makes...no offense intended).
IF it gets a good stylus system as an add-on (which may or may not happen) and IF third-parties then make programs for the stylus, then it would have something to it. That's far from part of the standard feature set though, so that's clearly not the niche it is going for (assuming it is going for one).
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Originally Posted by raac
The iPod touch is a possibility, certainly. I can't help but think that a data-only 3G service would be helpful if prices are reasonable. You may be right, however, that the slowness of the connection would kill its usefulness. But for museums, directions, restaurant reviews, etc, whenever you need it: it sounds tempting.
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Directions, reviews, etc, are things many Cell Phones with a data service handle and the screen honestly isn't an issue. That's once less device to carry around. Heck, I just have a Rant (a Samsung phone for Sprint) and it isn't a smart phone but it does all of that (the data rate is a bit slow, but it has features for finding nearby places and gives driving directions to them, as well as internet and email access if I really need it). The bump up to getting data is about the same as the data-only Ipad service, from what I saw in the link above, so it doesn't seem like there is actually a price savings with the Ipad unless you don't use a Cell Phone.
I'm not saying a big screen isn't nice, but a bigger screen does not a market make. Let's all be frank here, tablets have had a tremendously difficult time in the market. They largely only get used as "e-paper" devices by UPS and other companies and those companies prefer the devices to be as inexpensive and sturdy as possible (which ISN'T the Ipad). Making a tablet that is a big phone that isn't a phone doesn't seem like it is going to create much new demand.