Ipad2 to be launched next week

[Churchill]

I don't understand why people would pay such a massive amount for such limited functionality.

Limited functionality? What else do you expect it to do?

[TykeMerc]

Limited functionality? What else do you expect it to do?

Play popular mass market games (with demanding graphics), be able to use off the shelf standard applications office/graphics/development, file storage and serving if needed, run virtual machines, boot to different operating systems, be easy to upgrade if a new app needs it, connect wired or wireless to networks, connect any USB peripheral. Just the standard stuff you can do with a similarly priced laptop really.

Portability is a heavy price to pay to lose most of those.

On my very cheap (I paid about £175) and nasty netbook which is highly portable I can do most of those and my reasonably priced but large Dell XPS I can do all of them.

[AtW]

I don't understand why people would pay such a massive amount for such limited functionality.

They've added easy to use sockie switching functionality there

[GreenLabel]

I think I'll buy one actually - seen v1 in the flesh yesterday, looks very nice - v7 will be perfect for my sofa

FTFY

[AtW]

FTFY

It will be v7 by the time I get my sofa

[GreenLabel]

It will be v7 by the time I get my sofa

Um, that's kinda what I was getting at.

[amcdonald]

All these tablets are just large smart phones without the phone bit

I can't see the excitement

[amcdonald]

I don't understand why people would pay such a massive amount for such limited functionality.

It's a bird puller for those on limited budgets

[northernladuk]

Limited functionality? What else do you expect it to do?

I would have said make phone calls but it would certainly kill any cool you might have had holding this up to your ear. I can't wait to see the first person with a Samsung one taking a call

[d000hg]

Brilliant. So all the smug iTwats that have shelled out £600 in the last 9 months now have an embarrassing obsolete piece of junk to embarrass them.

You mean like how iPhone3GS is still used by loads of people? Or those who bought any other tablet are left with a usable item even when better ones come out.

Still, you sit their waiting until they stop making better versions of things before buying anything. Good luck with that.