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It sounds like the Slate, and what you were looking for was essentially a laptop replacement. I use a desktop at the house, and have a company laptop, what I wanted was basically a huge version of my phone without the ability to make calls. I use my ipad to read books, surf the web, play simple games, watch movies (including output to a TV), occasionally email and/or IM, for that, the ipad is great. I got it last Aug. I think that within a year there will be some really rocking Android based devices that will be better and more enjoyable for me, but you can pretty much always wait " in 2 years, X will be out and will blow it away" which is always true.
The Slate is definitely envisioned for a different market. It is sold by the Business Division of HP. I wasn't looking for a Laptop replacement, but a netbook replacement. And it is.

We gave away one of our netbooks to a family member. I still need my Notebook for serious work. But for walking around mobile computing, the Slate is Slick.

Funny, I don't understand why Jobs hates Netbooks so much.
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