Poll: iPad

[Arsilon]

I was never in the market for a kindle either so this doesn't fill a niche for me. I can read just fine on my iphone and scaling up from there I'd want to be able to play retail games, meaning a laptop.

iPad. Thumbs down imo. I'm more in the market for ever more powerful iphones and a working 3G network. I tried talking to my brother long distance and he could not hear me at all until I switch to the Edge network. Very annoying.

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I've been pretty happy with my Verizon Droid (got the HTC Eris not the Motorola). My wife liked mine so much she got one too. My mom liked it when she came to visit and her AT&T contract was up so she switched and got one too. My father in law liked it so much he got one too.



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I would have thought that more powerful cell phones would have been a bigger threat to the Kindle rather than coming out with a new device. The screen real estate is an issue as you pretty much are constantly scrolling when you're trying to read anything on your cell phone. However, the whole portability thing and having to carry multiple devices is the kicker for me.

I guess in the old days I'd carry a paperback and my cell phone anyway so carrying a kindle and my cell phone would still be an upgrade in not having to put the books anywhere when I'm done reading them.

On the other side, I would never give up my laptop. I would already be making the jump from cell phone to computer depending on what I was trying to do so again, carrying yet another device for some compromise position in between doesn't make sense to me.

I just don't really see the need or niche the Ipad supposed to be filling. I've seen some commentary that they are really trying to create a new category but it seems to me Apple is just banking on their traditional "you're not cool unless you own one" mentality that they seem to have steered to recently.

At that price point, I could see it if you could still make phone calls on it. Spending that much and still not being able to get rid of the laptop or the cell phone just doesn't work for me.