More posts from you in 2010 would definitely be a good thing, btw.

I find it sort of odd that someone who could come up with such touching, salt-of-the-earth stuff could be so detached, but people can be strange…maybe that’s where some of the genius (and psychopathy) of C&H came from…?

I bought a nook because the kindle is ugly as sin, and seems to want to do so many thing that it really isn’t that good for reading books. The nook pretty much just does books, and I’m glad for that. The thing is, I’m worried now — not that one technology is inherently better, but that Apple is going to improve the iPad much more than B&N is going to improve the nook. I’m already aching for an upgrade that is more stable and less buggy.

But the iPad is for the web and email. I already use my iPhone for at least 2/3 of my web and mail use. If I had an iPad, it would probably get 100% of the use. I’m not eager to buy one — I don’t feel crunched by 2/3 phone and 1/3 computer. I could certainly, though, if I come into a lot of disposable income via a few weeks of heavy overtime, end up buying on for fun. That’s really what the iPad is for — fun.

And Jobs was 100% right. Netbooks don’t do anything better than a full laptop. They aren’t even smaller than ultralights. They are cheaper, which can be its own advantage (ask the Hitchhiker’s Guide), but let’s not delude ourselves that they are better at anything.

http://i.gizmodo.com/5458397/the-ipads-onscreen-typing-solution-isnt-a-solution-at-all

Urgh.

Much as I love my iPhone, I’m not sure I can convince myself that a giant iPod touch is a good idea, especially when the price point for the model I find interesting is encroaching on low-end Macbook territory; I’d rather pony up the $170 for a low-end Macbook.

I give them props for making the low end cheaper than expected but the actual price for the iPad is by all rights the high end with 3G and the $30/month connectivity – which adds up. The iPod Touuch is the superior device in every respecct.

In fact calling this a “tablet” at all is pretty absurd. Wheres the promised revolution in interface? They just slapped the iphone keyboard interface onto this thing! See this:

http://i.gizmodo.com/5446652/how-will-we-type-on-the-apple-tablet

what a waste.

You also use some really lame arguments. Yeah, the low end Kindle would be 1/4th of your predicted price, but the actual price actually only comes in at about 10 bucks more than the high end Kindle–and given the real estate of the ipad (got the name wrong too) I’d say that comparison makes more sense.

Netbooks are a joke, but just in case you needed more incentive, there’s a keyboard dock which creates an off screen tactile keyboard.

So now, for 500 bucks, you get quite a bit more than you assumed.

Maybe the problem has been the anti-hype machine?