in re: the iPad

I know, I know. It is missing a lot. A lot of otherwise very useful features. No GPS (on the wifi version), no Flash support, no cameras. No real application - in the sense of where and what would I use it for, not as in apps. But it is stunningly gorgeous. And for no other reason than that, I kind of want one. If for nothing else than to pull up recipes to help me cook with, I'm sure I could FIND application for it. Poo, tish, and suckpants to shiny new toys. If only I had a job.

What's wrong with the iPhone? Absolutely nothing. It does everything I need, and it does it reasonably well, but there are times when I just wish the screen were bigger. And faster. I don't do a lot of the off-the-wall stuff that l337 computer people like to do to their devices - I don't jail break them, I don't try to take them to the very edge of what they weren't designed to do - I use them comfortably.

Actually, there is one very cool application it could do for me because I don't have a laptop (or netbook). It would actually be very good for showing off pictures. From what I've seen, the screen is beautiful. The LED/IPS screen definitely pops. But I'm looking for reasons to like it, I admit it, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's shiny, it's pretty, and that's all there is to it. If only I had money to throw away...