Why Is Every Non-geek In My Family in a Froth About the iPad?

[TinCow]

It's a product without a market.

16gb drive? An iPod Nano has a 16gb drive. With an OS installed, that means the iPad won't even be able to hold the full playlist of an iPod Nano, but it costs $500. The 64gb drive is acceptable if still poor, but that's $730/$830. That's into heavy laptop pricing areas right there. It's thin and light, which is nice, but the 10" screen means it still requires a bag to carry it around in... so if you're carrying the bag, why aren't you carrying a laptop? If you want to do serious word processing, you'll get the keyboard attachment, and suddenly it's no longer as light and portable anymore. No flash capabilities. No USB ports. Can't play DVDs because there's no DVD drive.

If you can have this for $100 less than the most basic iPad and this for less than the top of the line iPad, why would you buy an iPad?