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On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> On Apr 6, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Ryan Pugatch wrote:
> >
> > Also, why doesn't it have a front facing camera?  It would be such an
> > awesome video conference device.
>
> The answer is simple: iPad is a media consumption device.  The Steve
> doesn't want iPad to replace your MacBook or iMac.


I was seriously tempted when I saw that it did Netflix streaming.

I think I'll wait for a worthwhile Android based device instead though.






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