battle of the tablets

[Hawk]

seems everyone is out to battle Apple in the tablet wars. Any of you out there have an Ipad or one of the similar products made by the competitors?

Thoughts?

[Matt Moore]

ipad 2 is your best bet especially if you're the creative type.. great specs and the best apps

no-brainer

[Hawk]

no concerns that you can't add memory or anything?

[Panthers128]

Ipad2 seems overpriced.

[Hawk]

thanks for that. I don't plan to use it as a phone at all, so not interested in the 3G, WiFi will do it for me!

[cdandi1]

Consumer Reports says that the Xoom is the closest thing to the ipad and is a better product for the money.

[Matt Moore]

no concerns that you can't add memory or anything?

what do you plan on using it for just so I know?

[Darth Biscuit]

My wife kinda wanted ome so we did some research and played with the Xoom, iPad2 and the new one by Toshiba I think and she decided she liked the iPad best.

In the end, we decided that a tablet was mostly just a toy and we didn't really NEED one.

[Hawk]

what do you plan on using it for just so I know?

a toy mostly! some internet from the couch, travel etc. It's certainly not a need.

My wife kinda wanted ome so we did some research and played with the Xoom, iPad2 and the new one by Toshiba I think and she decided she liked the iPad best.

In the end, we decided that a tablet was mostly just a toy and we didn't really NEED one.

agreed...thing is, I have essentially $500 from work to spend on something, so I was thinking an Ipad 2 or equivalent or a PS3...but we have a 360 and a Wii and hardly use either, so thought the pad might be the way to go.

[Matt Moore]

a toy mostly! some internet from the couch, travel etc. It's certainly not a need.

agreed...thing is, I have essentially $500 from work to spend on something, so I was thinking an Ipad 2 or equivalent or a PS3...but we have a 360 and a Wii and hardly use either, so thought the pad might be the way to go.

xoom for innernet

flash support and chrome browser

[cookinwithgas]

I'm on my iPad a lot - easy to check FB before dinner or bed, some nice games to wind down with while the wife watches TV, Netflix works great on it - no it's not a necessity but it does some cool things - like I have a remote control for my LG BluRay on it, so when the kids are watching something in the living room I can control the movie over WiFi and drive them nuts.

[Darth Biscuit]

Yeah, I'm not saying they're not cool, but it's not something we NEEDED to have.

[TerriblePizza]

I own a first generation iPad and its changed my life. I'm on that thing all the time.

That being said, I REALLY want an android tablet.

However, if you want it for gaming you can't beat the Apple App Store

[Mr. Scot]

I don't see the use in tablets. That's just me though.

I didn't either until I got one (won a contest at work).

It is nice to be able to internet surf, check e-mail, and play games on something larger than my phone without having to fire up my computer. And this from a guy who's not a huge fan of touch screens.