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iPad versus Thinkpad Tablet 1838

Initial thoughts : My first-generation iPad is a much better device.  Apple got it right.  It does everything so right that you don't even notice, until you try something else... and now that I have tried something else, I'm pretty disappointed.  Almost to the point where I will "eat" the $105 restocking fee to send the Thinkpad back. What do I mean by "you don't even notice"?  Take a pencil, for instance.  It basically just works.  Remember those stupid foam-rubber things that people would put on the pencil to make a futile attempt to improve.. the pencil??? Well, I consider the iPad to be a pencil.  It performs perfectly for doing what you would expect it to do.  Any additional functionality seems to be unnecessary and simply over-complicates things... (not sure if the phrase "simply over-complicate" even makes sense...) Quality : There is no question regarding the difference in quality between the 2 devices.  The...