Give me a break, this is such a poorly executed rant. If the 3G iPad has value to you, then purchase it. If it does not have value to you, don't purchase it.

Give me a break, this is such a poorly executed rant. If the 3G iPad has value to you, then purchase it. If it does not have value to you, don't purchase it. The SIM card is hardly an issue worth getting worked up over, there are already work-arounds for this, and the most likely reason for micro-sim is that this is what future products (iPhone 4G) will use. So it appears the iPad is just the first device to support a new SIM form-factor. Yawn. The data plan for the iPad is also cheaper and more flexible than the iPhone data plan. If that means it doesn't support telephone/SMS functions, that is fine with me. I didn't get my 3G iPad to be a phone anyway. BTW, early adopters are almost ALWAYS penalized, especially with Apple it seems. They know this, and yet they willingly buy the products. The disgruntled consumer tilting at windmills anti-Apple rage shtick has gotten EXTREMELY tired.