iPad 2: Why I finally bought one and why I absolutely love it | ZDNet
Stephen Chapman, writing in ZDNet:
As some of you may recall, I wrote a fairly definitive piece a while back in regards to why I’m not a tablet guy. I came to that conclusion after deciding to get into the tablet market on-the-cheap by purchasing a Nook Color, installing CM7 on it, and seeing how I fared from there. If I felt compelled to step up from there cost- and hardware-wise, then I would have. Well, after about a week-and-a-half or so, I found myself not using it at all. As such, I sold it and said, “That’s it, I’m not a tablet guy!”
Then, I bought an iPad 2.
My iPad has totally destroyed the perception of myself as an individual who wouldn’t make use of a tablet device. It has also totally destroyed my opinions of any other tablet out there standing a chance of competing against not just the device, but the app ecosystem and iOS on a tablet device. Not indefinitely, since even the strongest of tides have a way of turning, but I don’t see any real 1:1 competition for the iPad for a very long time.
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