1. Price, at USD499 and probably AUD599 the base model of the iPad is priced perfectly.
It is cheap enough as an impulse buy
2. eBook reader, many people lambasted the lcd screen as an ebook reader as it will definitely give you an eyestrain over hours of reading time. However, after pondering it for a while, I realised that most people only read in short spurts.
We have a lot of distractions daily and I could never find a solid 2 hours where I read continuously at any one time.
Most of the time, you read when you commute, in the loo, or just during a lazy weekend afternoon.
There are many instances when I was using my sony ebook reader that I wished I could google or youtube a particular term that was mentioned in the ebook. The iPad would be perfect for all this.
Or let's say, I am in a park with my iPad, when I just don't feel like going through a particularly boring chapter in a book, I can watch an episode of Family Guy instead.
3. This would easily replace my lame digital picture frame, just have the iPad docked.
4. let's say on one weekend, a couple of friends showed up at your door, and decide to watch Footloose.
Sometimes you just don't feel like downloading or ripping a particular movie as you just want to watch it once and it takes too long to download (not to mention that it is illegal). It would be easy just to rent a particular movie on iPad and start watching.
5. Updating facebook, blogging, and twittering at home would be a dream on this device too
In a nutshell, the price and battery life are crucial. Price wise they nailed it, battery life wise it needs to last betweem 5:30PM when I get off from work and 12:00AM when I go to bed. And it needs to last with one single charge under heavy usage too...
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