The announcement of the iPad…woo freaking hoo. A big ass iPhone. Take a kindle, an iPhone, a compass and there ya go. To be fair, it’s not the worse technicological thing I’ve seen come out. It has a nice big screen and clear picture. You can buy more Apple crap, like iWork, to use on it. It has a touch screen keyboard, and in the event that sucks when you are trying to type up a presentation on a completely flat key-less piece of machinery, you can attach a keyboard to it. Somehow attaching a keyboard seems like it defeats the “tablet” purpose. By the way, has anyone figured out if it prints yet? Anyone? No? Ok.

The craziest thing, to this electronics consumer, is the price. The cheap, crappy reception, no memory one is going to be almost $500! To get a nice one it is almost $900! Why don’t I just spend the extra hundred and get a MacBook? At least the MacBook is proven to be Bluetooth capable, print, have built in USB connectivity, and so on. The tablet just seems like an over-priced novelty.

This is coming from someone who actually likes the iPhone, alot. The iPhone was (is) so cool because it had so many features and apps conveniently on my phone. It was in a class of its own compared to alot of other mobile media devices availalbe at the time. Having these things on a large tablet, that requires perripheals in order to get the most out of my purchase, is just a waste. A waste of money, a waste of space, and a waste of another bag I’d have to drag around. I guess I could slip it into my laptop case and they can make sweet syncing love when I reach my destination — that would need a table for all this shit I have to unpack and hook up now.

The joy of syncing and a clean fresh-from-the-box screen will probably last the purchaser about a week. For their investment sake, I hope I’m wrong. If anyone gets an iPad, leave a comment. I’d love to know how you fair when it comes in. And if anyone isn’t getting one, leave a comment too