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Originally Posted by red-beard

External keyboards, mice, voice recognition, etc, are features. Comparing a Slate to an iPad is Apples to Oranges (ha!). An iPad is a friggen giant iPod. A Slate is a tiny, full function PC. Sometimes a keyboard and mouse are nice to use. Most of the time, I can sit on the sofa and surf with the touch screen.

My issue is you are paying the same, or more, for less funtionality. I'm glad I waited for the Slate.

The deal is that there are a couple of different sorts of users. Power Users that want something that's a laptop alternative, those would be RB. For them, something like the slate is perfect. If i want that sort of functionality, I'll just go upstairs to my desktop, or use the laptop they give me at work. I don't want a PC/Laptop shrunk into a tablet to use on the couch while watching TV, or to travel. I want a tablet that's basically a smaller, more convenient version of a netbook. For what I want, an iPad or one of the Android tablets is perfect. AND THEY ARE CHEAPER THAN THE SLATE. (If you don't need all of the extra stuff or you don't want the fully loaded model of the ipad) Yes, if you want the 64GB+3G and the dock and the bluetooth keyboard, then you're better off getting something like the slate.

Personally, I think if there aren't already, that there will be Android tabs that successfully compromise between the iPad and the Slate. More functionality, personalization capabilities, power and options than the ipad, but cheaper than anything running Windows 7.