Troy Richards asked:




Alright, the Lenovo S10-3t may be a totally different gadget but it does have the functionality of the iPad. It is small, light and also has a touch-screen. This model is essentially a netbook with a swivel touch-screen where it can be flipped around to become a tablet PC.

The main highlights of the new Apple iPad is that it is extremely portable, have a superb touch-screen and is extremely functional. The Lenovo S10-3t does have all those features to a certain extent. It is relatively small, measuring at 0.8 of an inch in thickness (the iPad measures 0.5) and weighing 3.3 pounds. It is a little chunkier than the iPad but nevertheless, is still extremely portable.

The Lenovo S10-3t also has a little more computing power with its 1.66Ghz processor, 250GB of storage and 1GB of DDR2 RAM. This model runs on the Windows 7 Starter OS. The 10.1-inch touch-screen has a 1024 x 600 resolution and it also comes with an Intel GMA 3150 graphics processor. The images display on the screen was brilliant and crisp. Watching movies and videos on it was an enjoyable experience.

The touch-screen on the Lenovo S10-3t is not as responsive as that on the iPad but it was good enough for basic navigation using the custom Lenovo touch-screen software. It was quite fun to use the touch-screen to browse through files and photos. Some of the interesting applications and features includes the VeriFace face recognition and VeriTouch touch-based log-in feature. After using this netbook for a couple of weeks, it is hard not to fall in love with this little device. At the moment, the Lenovo S10-3t is selling at around $479 per unit.

Glenn

Amy Yang asked:




The HP Mini 1137NR 10.1 Inch Netbook can be a good ultra portable solution. It only weighs in at 2.45 pounds! Very lightweight. And with a thickness of less than an inch, it really is easy to carry around.

It has a lot of pros. One, it comes equipped with an HP

John E Lincoln asked:




The Apple iPad has just been released. Looks like a cool device, right? Like an iPhone, the screen adjusts to the phones positioning. It has crystal clear viewing capabilities for video and photos. And the touch screen… I mean wow! We’ve never really see navigation quite like this.

While this all may be true, the question is buzzing around, who is the iPad really meant for? Is there a consumer demand driving this product supply or is Apple looking to create a new demand, like they did with the iPod.

There has also been speculation that this device is simply a business move by Apple to simulate another Apple store. Hey, if you were Apple you’d probably want to have two Apple stores, right? Who wouldn’t want 50 hosted VoIP developers rushing to create the next hosted VoIP PBX app: especially if you make a small commission off each sale?

Granted, it does have a touch screen keyboard so you can at least type. But what it all comes down to is that the flashy navigation, emphasis on apps, use as a reader and major push as a multimedia device makes it seem more like a toy than a piece of machinery intended to help a professional get work done.

Now, this very may well be what Apple was going for with the iPad. Maybe they wanted to create a more superfluous device. But why create something that seems so expendable in the wake of an economic recovery?

Don’t get me wrong, I love the iPad. I love what Apple is doing with the device and the way their technology is progressing. Also, I like that the iPad has speakers and a microphone so it could potentially run a softphone or other http://www.freedomiq.com applications. But who is the iPad really meant for? Is it meant for you? Tell us what you think below.

Douglas