seriously how many people will buy this over a laptop? if you can afford to buy this for £400+ then you would be much better off purchasing a laptop
this is for the idiots who have a smartphone and a laptop but are stupid enough to blow money on a shit gadget which is marketed as a Netbook killer but has
no built in camera like a netbook
no built in usb like a netbook
no built in hdmi out like a netbook
no multitasking like any other laptop on this earth
no flash like any other laptop on this earth
no 16:9 screen
the 3G needs some microsim to work so you cant use the one from your normal contract
you will find much better products from other manufacturers running Windows 7 soon enough
this needed to be a device running Mac OSX not 4 ipod touch's stuck together
I'll tell you exactly who would buy this over a laptop
My mum (technophobe)
My mates mum (technophobe)
Other technophobes who want "the internet" and somewhere to plug their camera in in a piss-easy way
Why - because they don't have to "learn" how to use a laptop, in the way they would if they had never used a laptop before. (Windows or OS X) They pick this up, press "Internet" and they are on the Internet. Press "Facebook" and they are there etc etc.
Press "iBooks" and they are reading a book.
Not open your browser (whats that?), then go to Amazon (how do I do that), download my book to a folder, then copy it/find it, find the right application something to read it with (how/why)
It's not for geeks this - it's for technophobes. And believe it or not, there are still quite a few of them out there.
The people who buy this won't give a shit about the details (hardware or software)
no built in camera like a netbook - who really uses video chat - its been around for years and you still feel like a tit using it
no built in usb like a netbook - what do you need to plug in? there's an adapter for your camera, no doubt an app to pull video from a video camera will follow
no built in hdmi out like a netbook - has video out already via the dock connector, no doubt a hdmi cable won't be far behind
no multitasking like any other laptop on this earth - fair enough, but why complicate it for the market its aimed at?
no flash like any other laptop on this earth - OK fair enough, but flash is a load of shite anyway. its amazing its still around so much
no 16:9 screen - average buyer won't care (I do however, but I'm a geek)
the 3G needs some microsim to work so yo cant use the one from your normal contract - so get the WiFi one, or leech 3G off your mobile if you really need it)