On 18/10/2012 08:01, News wrote:
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"Brian Gaff" wrote:

its also overpriced compared to other models from what I can see.

That's probably true but they are nice toys.

Thanks for all the comments. I think Tim has summarised perfectly.
Wifey and son have decided 'we' need a family ipad, and I seriously
doubt that Samsung or anything else will be an acceptable substitute.

Yes, I agree, it is all about marketing. An Apple ipad is the device to
have, apparently. There comes a point where disagreeing with the family
is beyond me - life is too short.

I bought an iPad about 6 months ago for similar reasons. (Family, kids etc!)
I have used android tablets and (on the type I used at least) found them
slow and clunky to use. I assume more recent ones are better in this
respect.

I bought the 32GB 3G ipad as I figured the built-in mobile and GPS
reciever would be useful.

6 months on the kids love it, wife uses it a lot for everything from
Facebook to recipies in the kitchen to watching the F1 in bed!
I use it for quick surfing and email mainly, but I have found it very
useful when out-and-about with a cheap PAYG sim in it, and with
navigation software such as 'NavFree'. It has made my netbook redundant.
I bought a French Orange PAYG sim in the summer for 3 weeks in France,
which came in handy many times.

I disagree with the comments above about having to constantly pay apple.
There are very few apps I've paid for, most are free, with the
occesional £2 and under one.