Originally posted by Malacasta
I def wont be getting this version, but come generation 2 or 3 I'll be buying one.

Since I have given up gaming, all I really do on the computer is read websites and write emails. I find that I use my iphone far more than the laptop cuz it's less cumbersome - the downside is my eyes get tired from reading such a little screen.

A tablet is pretty much perfect for my needs so I'm not much understanding the hate!
Apple have a history of missing something really really obvious - there's some insane plausibility to the jokes that some day they'll make a phone that doesn't do calls, for instance. In this case, they've made a tablet with no way to use it for notetaking, and that's surely one of the most obvious uses for a tablet with a touchscreen. The real problem, though, is that their lock-down policy makes it much too hard for someone else to add the functionality. The "bolt whatever you like on" policy of Linux and, to a lesser extent, Windows, allows anyone to write anything, publish it via the web, invite people to download and test it, and improve the device out of all recognition.