My mom was planning on buying an iPad...

Posted: 2010-04-23

I told her if she did, i'd have to move back out (i'm in the process of moving back in). This wasn't quite enough to convince her, so i did some Googling and sent this quick response:

Subject: What iPad? Is that a sanitary device?

iPad - $500-$700Webcam? No. Flash? No. Multitasking? No. USB!? ...No. Freedom? HA!
Damn, even the developers are getting pissed off. And just look at all of the competition that isn't trying to rape their users with digital restrictions management and their developers off of other platforms~
WePad http://wepad.mobi/enComparison: http://wepad.mobi/en/product-comparisonBigger and faster!
OpenTablet 7 http://www.openpeak.com/OpenTablet7.phpEven faster!
TouchBook http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/Attachable physical keyboard! $299-399
Notion Ink http://www.notionink.in/~$300-500
Vega http://convergeddevices.net/products/vega.html
MSI Tegra http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/msi-shows-off-10-inch-android-tablet-running-new-tegra-chipset/$500
Quanta Tegra 2 http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/quanta-tegra-2-prototype-hands-on/
Google's Android/Chrome OS Tabletshttp://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/nyt-google-android-tablet-imminent/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/googles_tablet_versus_apples_ipad.php
JooJoo https://thejoojoo.com/Web-tablet (very sleek, but probably not everything you need)
iWonder http://www.be-mine.info/gadget/iwonder-100-marvell-powered-tablet$100
iFreeTablet http://www.ifreetablet.com/indexEN.php$400-$550
And SO MUCH MORE
Taiwan makers displaying 10 iPad cloneshttp://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/192839/taiwan_makers_to_display_10_ipadlike_devices_at_computex.html
50 slates to come this year on ARMhttp://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9168418/ARM_sees_over_50_new_iPad_like_devices_out_this_year
So, you can buy an iPad, which has an Apple logo on it, or you can buy a real computer and stick an ugly apple sticker on it if you like.