WITHOUT bashing Apple.
Everyone i know (including me) that owns any tablet uses it probably the same way you do Mark. The odd bit of video and music and the odd game/app.
I personally own one of the many Android tablets that cost around £100, i bought it more on impulse and a curiosity. I would never try to do any serious work on it, for that id sooner given the choice use a cheap netbook.
People i know that have an ipad its basically the same, the odd time waster game, bit of video and music.
That is probably the thing that annoys me most. It appears my £829 figure for the top end model is wrong (sorry that should had been dollars). Looking at the UK site the top end model is actual £659 for the device the prices per month then for the 4G (cough) service range from £2.00 per 200MB to £25.00 for 10gig a month. That includes wifi use apparently (how they work that out i dunno) see
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_ipad/family/ipad/select_ipad for pricing.
For that type of money in a year going for the 10gig plan as thats what you will want if you use it as a serious do all your computer work on it device you are looking at £959 for the first 12 months. (25 a month x 12 months + 659 for the device).
For that type of money and assuming you are someone who for whatever reason right wrong or indifferent (im being impartial now unassuming and fair) must have an Apple item......... You can have a Mac book Air...
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_air/select
Why, oh why would anyone pay a grand total of £959 for a tablet, when you can have a laptop type product from them which (looking at it from an apple buyer standpoint) is also slim, sexy and not much different in physical size and what will allow you to be more productive for the same money?
Hell for £40 more than that £959 (IE £999) you can actually have a whole 13inch Macbook PRO laptop which will allow you to be more productive and provide a better entertainment experience than either the ipad or the air.
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro
I just really do not comprehend it.
Perhaps someone that does understand Apple stuff can explain why they will be spending a possible £959 on an ipad for what is (and im being impartial this statement applies to any tablet which may cost near that mark) a device which will not be as productive as other stuff in their range.
Hell im not an apple fan, i think its all overpriced but my lord even if forced and looking at this with common sense and impartiality i would sooner take the Mac air for that type of money.
It still makes a slim and sexy statement and makes you look cool, doesnt it? Isnt much different in physical size to an ipad is it??? Maybe im missing something.