Hi Kevin,

>Obviously, I can't do any development on it. Never had any intention. That's what my laptop and desktop are for. :)

Ok so let's say you're not sure what your day will be made of. Perhaps development. You have to carry both your laptop and your iPad? Advantage for the Exo here.

But as you mentioned the battery seems to be disadvantage on the Exo. But there are external batteries available and one in development that should add 7 hours to the Exo.

As for your others points I really don't see what I wouldn't be able to do on the Exo.

Perhaps you could have another advantage for the iPad. Using it outside. Perhaps an advantage for you but not for me. I never used a computer outside. I work inside and never outside. I will test it but It won't be a big disappointment if it's not really usable outside.

Why wait a year before getting a Windows tablet that is solid? What do you think would be missing from the Exo?

>Anyway, I can't wait to get my Exo!
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>Denis, I will be very curious to hear what you think of the Exo after you use it for a month or so. It almost seems that a tablet running Windows is about a year away from being solid, but I guess we'll see.
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>I've been using my iPad regularly for a month and am absolutely in love with it. I've been on 3 trips in the last month and had great uses for it. The 9-10 hours of battery life makes all the difference. As of now, here's what I've used it for:
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>1) Netflix
>2) Can access 3 different email accounts
>3) Web browser is great, even for regular sites....I have yet to encounter the Flash issue
>4) Used iTunes to sample some rare jazz albums that I haven't been able to find anywhere else
>5) Got an amazon gift card from someone, and used it to buy several books that I was able to read using the Kindle device
>6) Have several photo albums with over a thousand photos and many videos of my daughter. I'm able to get pics and videos from my phone and camcorder to my iPad very easily.
>7) Am able read email attachments and can edit Excel, Word, PPT documents
>8) Have found some great apps, like a PDF reader, a great appmt-outliner, a really nice app that gives me access to many online jazz sites
>9) Recently my wife and I started looking at some of the iPad apps for toddlers.
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>Additionally, for the first time the other day I used my iPad in direct sunlight. I had my sunglasses on and didn't have a problem at all.
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>But I can do development research very easily. For instance, I've had a subscription to Safari (for reading books online ) for years. I'm currently reading a Sharepoint programming book on my iPad (using Safari online) while reclining in my couch. On Saturday I was in a car for four hours with someone driving - my cell phone has a mobile hotspot feature that I use for my iPad. I stayed connected the entire time...got a ton of reading done on that trip. And no worry about battery life. :)