Well said Mike...

And yes, I'm an Apple Fanboi. My iMac and iPhone anxiously await their iPad
cousin to join them. And they wonder why their best friend (me) walks around
talking about a System i.

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Fanboi! :-)

To hold off 90% of the comments:
* The iPad is NOT a computer, it is an appliance.
* Yes, it IS a big iPod Touch, ever try to read a lot of text (or book) on
an iPod Touch? I have, it gets hard on the eyes.
* This is better than the Kindle in that you can do more than just read
books and, the bottom end, the iPad is about the same price as the Kindle
DX
(if memory serves correctly).
* I put this in the same class as netbooks. Not really useful for all of
the
time use, but good for quick internet-based tasks.
* There is enough "apps for that" that you can do most things you can do on
a computer
* Yes, I know I can't watch Hulu on it... yet. I want that too... :-)
* It will succeed because everyone will think it will fail. Look at
the original iPod, iMac, and iPhone.

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http://mikewills.info
P: (507) 933-0880 | Skype: koldark


On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Woo hoo! Got my "reserve for April 3" iPad email.
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