I´ve been trying to figure out what´s to like on iPad2 for the last two weeks, but I don´t get it. I don´t know what "awesomeness" 12 million people have seen that I´m missing.

Ok here´s the good things:
- It´s thin
- It´s got a large screen
- It´s not heavy
- I´m happy with battery life

Here´s the not so good things:
- Apple´s proprietary connector
- Only being aple to sync through itunes
- Bluetooth is crippled so neither my Lenovo Thinkpad nor my N900 can communicate with this thing
- 98% of the, non preinstalled, Apps I´ve tried suck. The one that doesn´t is Amazon´s Kindle. Many of the apps use iPhone resolution and are hence tiny on the middle of the screen with limited usability. The webbrowser on the N900 is more useful.
- The layout of the virtual keyboard is odd and not good for fast typing. Why on earth do I need to hold down "the most closely related letter" of the english alphabet to get accented characters or letters used in other languages?

I´m really, really hoping TabCo is Nokia. This iPad is disappointing. Essentially all I want is a N900 with a 7-10" screen. Perfect.

I think everyone has pretty much established that a giant iPod, opens up a whole new set of software possibilities. Better e-mail, more powerful apps, a more desktop like feel, amazing touch UI, advanced apps, better browsing are just a few in the long list...

This is actually the thought process of someone who gets too deep into a technical oriented field and forgets about the real world.

Yep, I can say that cause I used to be like that.

Form factors matter, yo.

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