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I kinda suspected that would happen. It wasn't easy talking her into it. :D

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Thanks brother!! :r :r

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Just doin what I can, my friend. :D

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My wife has been hinting that it would be great on the plane for the kids on vacation this summer. So they can watch Spongebob, or whatever.

I'd much rather buy a iPod touch as they can watch movies on it as well and its much more compact. We'll see. The wife usually gets what she wants.

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Adrian, I had two ipod touches. My daughter has an ipod touch. I got touches for all three of my girlfriend's kids. Lisa and I have iphones now, and I got rid of my touches a long while back.
Your kids, they'd LOVE ipod touches. None of the kids really bother with my ipad at all.
The ipad is more of a grownup niche toy. The touch is for everyone.
You can get a touch for two kids for the price of a base ipad. If they don't have them already, I swear, they'll be a lot happier.
None of our kids go anywhere without them, and Lisa and I are never without out iphones.
There's no doubt your wife is right, cause wives always are. An ipad would be great on vacation and the battery lasts a LOT longer. From my experience, the kids are gonna get way more fun out of the touch. Our kids are 20, 13, 13, and 8. Only one kid doesn't have a touch, and she wants one. Bad. She's going to be 19 in June. They work for kids of all ages. :tu

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Don't take that iPad if you're traveling to Israel.

I saw something else somewhere, although I'm not sure how credible the source is so it still touches on rumor as far as I'm concerned, that some European countries are considering following suite.

Just something to exercise caution over, it would really suck to lose a $600-something electronic gadget at customs over an RF compliance issue due to varying standards.

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Thanks for the tip. We're staying within the states this year.
Going back to Disney and to Universal Studios for a few days for the older one.
The kids are 7 and 2 (almost). I wanted to get the 7yr old a touch for Christmas, but my wife said she was too young. Now that she wants our iPhones daily, I think it's time she got an iPod Touch for herself.

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My problem (besides wanting to wait for 2nd gen ipad) is I still have a most recent generation touch. I don't think owning both is justified right now, not because I think the ipad is just a big ipod touch, but because there is enough overlap to not warrant spending the money.... especially when I have a laptop. It isn't that I wouldn't use the ipad, its that I would stop using the touch.... which still has a lot of life left in it and is current.

I guess the point doesn't really matter for me as I would wait for 2nd gen before even considering the decision, but just something worth raising.

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I think in a way she was checking to see if I would use it myself the rest of the time. She knows I like new toys. She really liked the larger screen. I just really don't see myself using it. I was so happy when I could replace my Palm Pilot, phone, and iPod with my iPhone.
I think I'm sold on a 32GB touch. Best Buy has a better price right now that I can with my company's discount.

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I have never been a 1st gen hardware adopter. I build all my computers on the last gen platform, and I use the best stuff from that platform. That's why they always work. :)
I never got an iphone till 3Gs, Touches are al 2nd gen, and I never had the first rev of an ipod, and I've had them all (I used to sell them).
The iPad was a niche thing for me. I hate laptops, always have. This thing gives me the portability I need for the stuff I do away from my desk.
It's perfect. I carry my iPhone all the time, and there's a lot of overlap, but I do many things on the phone that I wouldn't want to do on the ipad.
I'm very happy I tried this in the first rev, and I'll easily get my money's worth out of it. I know other folks won't. It's really dependant on what a person wants to do, or at least it was for me.
If someone buys this to be their laptop, they'll be disappointed. Same as if they buy a touch or an iphone to be their laptop.
What it does, it does spectacular. What it doesn't do, I do at my desk.
Add the iphone in there and I'm good to go.
Well, that isn't all that true. I need my cameras, too. And cigars. And snuff. :D

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Have you looked at the Air Video app (iPhone & iPad) and server yet Scott? My boss pointed it out to me today and it's amazing! Full streaming of pretty much and audio and video format with live on-the-fly conversion for formats like mvk that aren't natively supported. Probably one of the best apps I've come across, really useful if you're someone like me with a large amount of archived tv and movies.

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$270.83

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I assume that's what you paid for you iPad? If so, what size and where?

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Last trade of AAPL.

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Ah, I understand now.

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Just interesting to see how well Apple is doing. Most of wall street didn't expect this at all, or at least to this extent.

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so the wife just dropped this on me. "I want an iPad for Mothers Day"

me:waste of money
her: its so i can read while Im on the treadmill at the gym
me: for $500 ill hire somebody to read to you while youre on the treadmill at the gym

What do you think guys? Scotty, I know you love yours, but is this thing really worth the $$? We just got a new laptop, and we have a netbook.

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It definitely fills the gap between ipod and netbook and netbook and laptop.

I see it almost like ipod - ipad - netbook - ipad - laptop. (if that makes sense). The netbook is going to do some things the iPad isn't and the iPad is going to do somethings the netbook isn't.

The question is does that gap need to be filled...

My iPod certainly has it's place in my digital lifestyle. My laptop certainly has a place in my digital lifestyle. My netbook certainly has a place in my digital lifestyle. I'm stating to see how the iPad could fit in on both sides of the netbook - using what your wife said, I would bring my iPod to the gym but I can't read an eBook on it. I could read the eBook on my Netbook but I wouldn't bring it to the gym. I bring my Netbook with me on trips, but I wouldn't be comfortable bringing an iPAd only on a trip because it is still somewhat limited (no Ethernet, for one, not everywhere has WIFI and I can't tether my phone to an iPad and get internet access).


I still want one though. :D

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Give Mama what she wants. I'm sure she thinks your cigars are a waste of money, but you still get them. Don't you?

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If her primary use is to read, I would look at e-readers (Kindle, Nook, Sony). Half the price and meets her needs. More compact, too.
:2

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They are a fun toy but thats all they are: a toy, not a tool.

my friend got one and its the wifi-only version. he loves it, but again, its a toy...

but when the wife's happy, everyone's happy :)

good luck man

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Yes, I often read PDFs, find recipes, get directions, read the news, answer emails, etc with all my toys. I guess by that logic a blackberry isn't a tool either.... heck you could even stretch it to say a netbook is mostly a toy.

I think you are understating its capabilities just a tad.

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It's a lot of fun to play with. The flight simulators and mini flash games are a blast. The touch screen keyboard is difficult to use, but you can always plug in a real keyboard. It is essentially a giant iPhone, but it can be used as a macbook. It has all the programs. I wouldn't go as far to say its a toy, but I wouldn't say its a tool either. It's a happy medium. I would much rather have a different tablet that supported Windows 7 and had a lot more flash memory. AT&T realllly needs to lower the monthly cost of their 3G services. It's a tad high considering how many people use it.

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The iPad is a media and information consumption device, nothing more nothing less, and as such it's not really comparable to either a netbook or a laptop since those are computers. However, like others have said, if all she really wants is an eBook reader for the gym there are better and cheaper options that just aren't as flashy and "Apple-y". So the answer to cost benefit as an e-reader is no it's not worth the $$$. However when taken in the context of "a happy wife is a happy life", $500 is pretty cheap ;)

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ixnay on the igarsay there mean D! EVERY cigar box I own was bombed to me :D

at least thats what I told her when I bought my first Tower Cabinet ;)

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she actually said either an iPad or nook. But the nook seems too much of a unitasker for me. At least the iPad, while double the money has some other functionality.

Gonna let her try out both, and see which one she likes better.

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:r

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Like Peter said, if she want's something solely for ebooks than an iPad is not the best option - beyond the price I could that glossy screen being pretty fatiguing on the eyes after a while.

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The eReaders are extremely easy on the eyes and are much more easily read outdoors than a backlit computer screen.

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I have to agree with Peter, which hurts. :D

However, have you seen the eReader application for the iPad? It's pretty nice.

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I bought my second one and it comes tomorrow

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Peter, if you get a chance to use an iPad for reading, I promise you'd be thrilled. I've tried the Sony and Kindle. There is no comparison.
I read on my iPad constantly because it is so pleasant.
The fact that it's backlit and the fonts can be changed to whatever I like and any size, it's so easy on my old eyeballs.
I wish I could spare mine for a minute so you could try it, but I'd be lost. :)