Originally posted by germcevoy:Ipad 2 doesn't interest me at all. Thinness taken too far. The price drop on the original iPad does though. £329 for the 16gb wi-fi model.
Nothing more than a big toy. My girlfriend has one and she loves it, got loads of games on it, apps that help productivity (PDF reader, basic word processor). £329 is still too much for me to have considered buying one but then again I have no desire to own a device that does what the iPad does. If I'm up for a game I'd rather play on the Xbox or PS3. If I need to do work I'll use the desktop, if I want to check something online I'll either wake the laptop from sleep or use my phone (which is nearly half an iPad anyway in terms of screen size).
I'd definitely consider what you're going to mainly use it for before purchasing. If it's going to be something like 90% games then yeah, worthwhile investment since some of the games seem top notch and I'd rather play on a 9"+ screen then something like a PSP or DS. Web browsing experience is pretty good as well on the iPad, apart from the obvious flash issue but Skyfire gets around that most of the time.
Productivity is a big no in my opinion, unless you are willing to fork out for Apples office suite which looks good but I haven't tried it.