Well, I certainly didn't appreciate the potential use cases for an iPad: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1236558 until I used one for a while. I love gaming on the iPad. The abundance of well-designed, easy and quick to play 2D games is almost overwhelming.
The iPad is fantastic for video. Several hours of tutorials or iTunesU before needing a charge. My 11" air can burn a full charge in a couple of hours of video playback (flash or html5). And it's nice to watch on the iPad, and code along on the Air.
Reading and browsing goes to the Air or EeePC. The keyboard makes a very convenient stand. Lying in bed, propping the front edge of the laptop on my chest and using the trackpad to navigate is ridiculously effortless (and lazy). Page load is noticeably faster. Text is also much crisper on the otherwise inferior TFT screen. A touchscreen does bring a somewhat visceral (for lack of a better word) feel to browsing that I miss on a computer.
Of course, all of the above would hold true for an Android tablet as well. Ok, maybe not the games, yet, but the Market is getting there quickly.
The iPad is fantastic for video. Several hours of tutorials or iTunesU before needing a charge. My 11" air can burn a full charge in a couple of hours of video playback (flash or html5). And it's nice to watch on the iPad, and code along on the Air.
Reading and browsing goes to the Air or EeePC. The keyboard makes a very convenient stand. Lying in bed, propping the front edge of the laptop on my chest and using the trackpad to navigate is ridiculously effortless (and lazy). Page load is noticeably faster. Text is also much crisper on the otherwise inferior TFT screen. A touchscreen does bring a somewhat visceral (for lack of a better word) feel to browsing that I miss on a computer.
Of course, all of the above would hold true for an Android tablet as well. Ok, maybe not the games, yet, but the Market is getting there quickly.
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