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I have bought an iPad and I love it. I bought a Kindle 2 last fall (when they became available in Canada) but I haven't used it as much as I thought I would.
I find the iPad great for doing some casual web browsing and email reading while sitting on the couch watching TV. It is also good as a portable video player. My 8 year old daughter LOVES IT and plays games and watches videos. This means that daddy is allowed to watch his sports on the 60" TV. That is what I call a pareto optimal solution!
My daughter has a neurological disorder in the autism spectrum and is unable to talk for the most part. She uses a communication device called a Dynavox V5 that is essentially a portable touchscreen PC that is about 3 inches thick and about the length and width of an iPad. This device runs WinXP, takes about 5 minutes to boot up, has about a 3 hour battery life and weighs 5 pounds. Did I also mention that it costs about $8,000? This device is about to be made obsolete by the iPad. The iPad will be absolutely fabulous for this type of application.
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