So tell me if I got this right…you want something that does less for more money.

I agree with what you are saying…the fact that you want something around the house for quick access to view/read stuff(coz that is more or less what you can do on the iPad). If the iPad was going for $200…then it would make sense. Jobs insulted netbooks claiming that Apple had something better. But honestly, I have a netbook and it does all what you(Saggyballs) want to do and more for less $$.

And seriously, what century are you living in if you still shut down your computer? Most netbooks can run for upto 8 hours of continuous usage.

So even though your points are valid…they aren’t enough to justify the existence of such a device.

Sigh. XCode is free. Visual Studio Pro is more than half a thousand dollars.

@sting7k:

You can code .NET applications using C#, Visual Basic or J#.

@Andrew Lombardi:

I think there are a few .NET compilers for OS X but obviously the huge majority of .NET apps have been compiled by Visual Studio.

I think many of us can look around our homes and see things we’ve bought that we don’t need. Booze? Cigarettes?

So, I’ll eventually either be getting this iPad or the next gen (unless a MacPad comes out first). It’s reasonably worth $500 to have it when I’m at home and I don’t have any real work to do on my Mac.

But it does need major improvements. Hopefully, 4.0 is all it needs.

I don’t know of many people who exactly wanted a big iPod touch. ” gee man , I wish my iPod was 3 times as big, it would be soooo Awsome ” no.

However , I feel that people wanted an even smaller mac , smaller than the MacBook pro but bigger than iPhones. I guess apple was right when they said they didn’t know how to make a cheap mac under 1k that wasnkt crap. So they make a big iPod touch under 1k and it’s still sorta like crap.

The other companies haven’t hit the nail on the head when it comes to the fact that the ipad will not be another iPhone. This might see slightly more stardom than the MacBook air ; which is reduced to nothing at this point.

I want them in march to tell us the ipad was a practical joke and that it wil have 300 major features other than what we can experience on our phones and iPods but still come close to a mac.

The best perspective I have yet to read anywhere about the iPad. I definitely can not wait to get my hands on one!

But you have to take into account…these enraged comments are coming from Jobs own comment. This is the man that said netbooks aren’t good at anything. Then basically introduced this as a netbook killer. So yeah. I’m not disagreeing with you, but just a little “look from the other yard” perspective.

1. nice name
2. thank you! for being the ONLY FREAKING PERSON on the Internet that actually has some sense!

so many people have commented on here saying that the tablet is such a waste of a device and hardly anybody is appreciating it for what it is.

in short: I completely agree with you

Everyone else…could be right. Could be wrong. Who cares.

People do what they want with Android. You don’t have to get schimdt’s approval…

I agree, I guess all apple really needed to do at the event was show developers what they should be coding for. I really do think and hope that apple is keeping the magic all wrapped up in v4.0 to make it an amazing launch.

In its current state i can’t see it doing that well , but with the new OS containing ichat/multitasking/finder capabilities that would change completely.

Glad to see someone on here gets it!

I am not looking for a device that allows me to Mr. Productivity with work crap, which is what a laptop is. I have a desktop and an office at work for that. I want something that is family friendly for my wife and smaller kids to play around on.

The iPad is not meant or being marketed towards the business minded, young entrepreneur. It is meant to be a simple, web browsing, game-playing, movie watching device that anyone can pick up and enjoy. And it is just that. I foresee this being in the homes of many, many people that don’t really have the need for a full fledged laptop, such as myself and family.

Imagine having some friends over, wanna check out those hilarious YouTube videos? Bust out the iPad, no waiting for it to boot, it’s always on. No having to watch from a direct angle, 3 or 4 people can hang around and watch it because of the IPS technology.

I don’t know why more people aren’t seeing this for what it is. But rather, trying to make it something it is not.

Also, I agree with your statement that it isn’t JUST a big iPod Touch; it’s a BIG iPod Touch. I agree that’s it’s best feature and the primary reason why the iPad might become my main computer for 95% of my computing activities.

And .NET platform, give me a break. I can’t write .NET software on the Mac either, so is Microsoft alienating an important part of their market by not including a viable SDK on OS X?

Google and all the executives mentioned here in secret, if smart, are rethinking their product lines around this new tablet computing market that Apple has created.

Hahahahaha!!!!

-No. I’d never.