[Solson]

You can look at the Asus T91 or wait for their Asus T101 or look at the Lenovo touchscreen. If all you want is Media, basic internet access and touchscreen, then you can look at Internet Media devices - all touchscreen or look at the Archos tablets for starters.

I like the iPad but for the same money, I will go with the Lenovo tablet netbook primarily because it can run more than one app at a time and will work better with the main programs I need while traveling. The batter life is about 9 hours...good enough for me.

I suspect the iPad will, in the next one-two releases come down in price and meet some of other requirements I have. And then I will buy one.

I love the iPhone but haven't bought one because I refuse to switch to AT&T. And now...the Nexus One and Droids are better than the iphone functionality and the apps are coming fast and furious. So...the refusal of Apple to allow multiple carriers may be its downfall. MAY being the key word...

[longtermmemmory]

I wonder...if the ipad, with its limited feature set, was made by any other company, would be 25%-50% of the price.

At $50 we are approaching the star trek data padd.