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Originally Posted by petermillard
With due respect, I have plenty of ideas of what the iPad will be good for, for me - I wouldn't presume to speak for you, or for anyone else whose requirements I'm not familiar with - and have detailed them in other threads on this subject.
At the risk of repeating myself, in broad terms I expect to use an iPad for the things that I find a laptop too large, and a smartphone too small.
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Yes, we have a device like that already. It's a Netbook. They likely have better processors than the Ipad (or equal), it's about the same size, and it has a Keyboard so you can use it for more things. Battery Life is comparable. It is also a LOT cheaper (a quarter to half the price).
Given how something that large can be awkwardly heavy, a Netbook is also more useful for reading because it supports the screen when it is in a resting position (if you want to use it for reading). A Netbook also has the capability of running a LOT more programs without artificial restrictions. The icing on the cake is the Ipad doesn't even come with a stylus system, so inputing data on it will be...bad.
This is why I say there's next to no market for this device. Laptops do big things better. Smart phones do portability and battery life better. There is a market for stuff inbetween though, but Netbooks do that better and cheaper than the Ipad. There's very, very little room for something like the Ipad.
And tablets didn't do well because you just can't do that much with just a touch interface. They are much better with a stylus and good software, but the Ipad isn't coming with a stylus. This is going to be very crippling for the device.