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What are you waiting for? http://www.apple.com/ipad/ http://www.apple.com/ipad/ Seriously though, what is so compelling about the non-shipping tablets that ma

What are you waiting for? http://www.apple.com/ipad/ http://www.apple.com/ipad/ Seriously though, what is so compelling about the non-shipping tablets that makes them worth waiting for (or complaining about) than what Apple is already shipping? Aside from the arguments that don't impact most consumers (jailbreaking, etc.) could it be that it's just not in the cards at the moment to come out with a device that competes with the iPad (price, performance, whatever, pick your metric)?

tomjen3 16y ago
I want a tablet with flash that I can also use as an USB drive. Neither of those things are stuff that doesn't impact consumers.
- rayiner 16y ago
  You want to use a $500 tablet as a $20 flash drive? And carry a USB cable that'll take up more space in aforementioned $20 flash drive? That is really one of the problems with Apples' competitors - they just don't get the use cases.
  - T-hawk 16y ago
    I think the parent meant Adobe Flash.
    - rayiner 16y ago
      Fair point, but using it as a USB drive? To what end?
      - guelo 16y ago
        The idea is to be able to move music and movies on and off the device without having to go through iTunes and the nightmare of "syncing" to only one computer at a time.
      - tomjen3 16y ago
        So I don't have to use the abomination that is iTunes.