Why pay $500-850 for a device with such limited capabilities? I have a netbook that will do nearly anything a PC can do and it was $279. It has things like USB, a keyboard, a faster processor, 2GB of RAM and it will run common applications like Word without limitations.
I think the iPad should have been named the Newton II after Apple's earlier failed tablet device. IPad=DuD.
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