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Speaking of gadgets I finally got my hands on a new iPad today for the first time. Initially it strikes as being VERY desirable. It has a beautiful gesture-driven interface via an elegant touch screen, gorgeous graphics, and a wonderful simplicity about it.
But once I looked at the price tag reality crashed down. Going by the 3G 64gb version (the only one worth having) it compares as follows:
Similar price to a Mac Book laptop, but the screen is half the size, storage less than a third the size, poor speakers, a hand-held OS which cannot multitask, no Flash support, no proper software (it survives on mobile apps), extremely limited device input and connectivity, and it's a very odd size! Really, this is just an overpriced toy. I'm glad I opted for my Mac Book laptop. I'd probably get an iPad if it could run the whole Mac OS properly rather than a gadget OS, or it was priced more sensibly for what it is (ie £249 is more realistic for a gadget like this rather than £750)