Article gets it all right but in the end it misses a larger point: these pundits, writers, and bloggers have motivations behind these ridiculous claims they mak

Article gets it all right but in the end it misses a larger point: these pundits, writers, and bloggers have motivations behind these ridiculous claims they make. Those motivations are personal preference, ignorance, desire for clicks, and... wait for it... some are paid shills in one way or another. I'd venture to guess that a lot of the unrealistic things being written about the iPad are born from those motivations. For big tech sites I'd say the paid shills reside there. For bloggers with big audiences I'd say paid shill-ism and personal bias play into that. And for nobodies I'd say ignorance and personal bias are their motivations. When it comes to reviews its good to follow the money. It'll lead to why a review recommends one thing over another. That then trickles down to smaller sites. The little guys echo what the big guys say and hope they can ride some coat tails and get some Adsense revenue. Just take a look at any tech scandal like the Path address book fiasco. As soon as it became a big story everyone wanted in on the action and most everyone just echoed the popular opinion.