Pixel Qi is one of the feature checklist type of products.

You get two types of display, but the compromise is that it's not the best in either category. At least that's the situation today.

That's because nerds think non-nerds should aspire to be nerds as well.

I liken the iPad debate to any conversation with a camera nerd. They spend more time talking about megapixel counts and interchangeable lenses than they do taking actual pictures.

Part of the magic of meatspace board games is losing the bits and pieces.

You can't do that on an iPad.

All this talk about the iPad not comparing well to other computing devices seems so pointless.

The iPad is sold as an appliance (in spite of having computerish guts) and all non-ereader tablets and laptops are sold as computers.

Seriously, if the iPad's limitations annoy you, it just means you need a real computer, not an appliance.

The iPad is more comparable to a TV with Internet, Music and Book channels than it is to a crippled laptop or "tablet PC".

Like the devs are just saying "If you don't like it, then go fork yourself!"