Don’t take that wrong.
If you like Apple, great!
But trying to pretend it’s some type of technological or engineering breakthrough is silly.
Yes. Because the form factor makes the comparison apples and oranges. The utility of the pad is not about it’s raw numbers. Rewind a decade and look at the specs on the first ipod compared to it’s competition. It had fewer features. So why did it dominate? Because it was easier to use, easy to get music on, well coupled with a music player and LOOKED better. There are a lot of features this new thing brings that are hard to quantify. For example it is vastly easier to use while standing or walking. Also it is super easy to find, buy, download and use new software at any time anywhere. Anyone with an iphone knows how that can be handy. Many other people might not understand the utility. Also anyone with a nook or kindle can see how nifty it is to have something that form factor that is also g3 capable web device. Because those people already understand how that is a handy form factor. I own a netbook, several full size notebooks, iphone 3g, and have used a nook. If you don’t ‘get’ this thing that is fine. A lot of people do.