IPAD - should you get one?

[Marcus]

[img]http://storeimages.apple.com/1394/store.apple.com/Catalog/uk/Images/ipad/img/product-wifi.jpg[/img]

It will be out Friday - I don't really need one; it will not substitute a laptop or netbook or even a bookreader...........But I think I need one What for I have no idea; what will I do with it? I don't know; I am trying very hard but I cannot think of any uses for it........Any ideas

[Snoop Doug]

it looks big enough to put a sandwich on, maybe a small plate is the best thing, yes.

[Dan_K]

Maybe sellotape a block of chipboard on the back of it and make it into a DIY electronic picture frame.

[Dombo]

There is an app that allows the screen work like a halogen hob thus making it a useful item to take camping for cooking/warming one's food.

[Snoop Doug]

[quote="Dombo"]There is an app that allows the screen work like a halogen hob thus making it a useful item to take camping for cooking/warming one's food.

[Andrew G]

[quote="Marcus"]........Any ideas

[Mike I]

I doubt it can do any more than one of these ...

[img]http://i47.tinypic.com/311nt6d.jpg[/img]

[Grahame]

Looks like an overgrown mememePhone to me.

[Snoop Doug]

...and of course if all these lovely suggestins as to why you must have one aren't enough - well let's heap on a generous pile of human misery.

[quote]The American electronics giant Apple was investigating damaging allegations last night that Chinese workers making its new iPad device were subjected to such "inhumane" treatment that some of them took their own lives by jumping off factory roofs.

[Jon H]

But they are putting up netting to catch the jumpers; always a sign of a caring employer

[Alex P]

You can use it like a big phone - ala Dom Joly

[url]http://www.funnyordie.co.uk/videos/d2b714361c/hello?rel=player[/url]

[Marcus]

Best use suppose is the halogen camping stove although I think it would also be useful as a plate to put me bickies on.

I've noticed on the tv the number of people walking around with them but not using it. I suppose they gave already got bored and with it and are now using it as a fashion accessory.

Think I'll wait for the iPhone 4.0