I didn't want to turn this into a Mac-PC-Linux Wars thread, so specifically chose "iPad-like" devices.
I'm just curious as to what people think of them and what uses you see them for.
For myself, for personal use:
Watch videos or read ebooks
Surf the web from my easy chair
For business use (given everyone in the office has one):
Meeting materials and handouts (instead of passing out hardcopies)
Powerpoint or other presentations so everyone gets their own personal screen, including telecommuters
General meeting use to quickly look stuff up, etc.
I could also see this used a lot by Doctors for instance, to carry patient charts around and quickly access databases for viewing wherever they are.
That said, for most other things, I would prefer a netbook or laptop -- especially for typing. I really need a real keyboard to do anything but send very brief replies to emails, etc. I think a lot of other people do too, even if they love their Blackberries, etc. I hate when I need a detailed reply, to get one sentence followed by "sent from my Blackberry" because it takes the person too long to type on the dinky keyboard.
Perhaps what I like and don't like is somewhat age related -- especially the keyboard thing. I see some of the people in my office in their 20's typing texts like mad all day on their phones. I hate texting because it takes me forever what with hitting the next tiny button over from the one I want, etc. I'm waiting for evolution to kick in and create humans with tiny, skinny little fingers for use on phone keypads. :)
Anyway, just curious as to what others see as useable / not useable for the devices. Probably price comes into play as well. I would see one as more useful at $200 than at $400.
