Buying an iPad?

Basically this article is saying that the iPad may be a wonderful and exciting new toy, but it is just the first product to come out. There will be many more companies that will be bringing out similar tablets that will have many more options. Apple doesn't a wonderful job at putting together sleek cool toys like iPhones and such but many time there are other products that do the job just as well for a much smaller price.

Why would you want to buy an iPad now? For one thing you know that they will just drop the price significantly in another 6 months. Also, as the article says there are Linux based pads coming out. This means that the will be more options and downloads, many of which will be open-source. Do you want to pay Apple for every app you download? Another thing, the iPad is already out of date if you can't even use Flash on it. How many websites are out there that use flash (especially ones like youtube.com)? How much fun can you have with an iPad that runs only one app at a time and you can't even enjoy half of the sites that are out there?

If I were you I would wait and see what happens. Now that Apple has some competition they will have to find a way to upgrade the firmware to allow for more options and lower their price. I wouldn't even buy the iPad because I like that other pads will be open for more development. This means more free stuff! And if Google is getting in on it even better. Then we will see some clean software that runs well and offers ease of use on top.