I am still resisting buying a tablet.
But, like the dark side of the force, the pull of the iPad is strong with this one.

Unlike Barnes & Noble or Amazon, Apple hasn’t left any features on the cutting room floor to reach a wallet-friendly price. The Nook Tablet had to shed 512MB of RAM to get down to $199, while the Kindle Fire ditched cameras. Consumers have been willing to live with these concessions, but Apple doesn’t do watered down. For now Tim Cook & Co. seem willing to cede the sub-$200 market.
via Cheaper iPad 2 a ‘death blow’ to Apple tablet rivals? | Fox News.
The pull is strong because the iPad is weird. It does what the user wants it to do. Better than anything else on the market.
I bought a Galaxy S II because the screen is big enough to function like a small tablet. I already carry a laptop, a blackberry(work), an Android phone(personal), and, occasionally, a netbook(personal). The last thing I want is another piece of technology to lug around with me.
But I still can’t do everything an iPad can do. I looked at Android tablets. I talked with those who sell and use them. The conversation always comes around to “like an iPad, but you have to ……”
Here’s what I think the problem is for the iPad wannabes. They are focused on the devices. Thinking in terms of the masses. Apple is focused on the user. The individual user. Thinking in terms of weird. Until someone else figures that out, there’ll be the iPad and everything else.
Now, let me see, maybe I can buy one “for my wife” and hope she’ll let me use it.
[ghost voice of Obi-Wan] *Mike. Use the force.*
Just Sayin’
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