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In my mind:

For surfing the web: iPad > netbooks

For reading books: Kindle > iPad

You've never even held and iPad. How can you come to either of those conclusions?

Because we all know how much more comfortable it is to stare at e-ink than at a backlit LCD for hours on end? Also, battery life.

Exactly.

So what to buy? I currently own a netbook, and while I like the device, for longer ebook reading and surfing, having the keyboard part is impractical. And I don't want Kindle, since I do a lot of reading in the dark room, and don't like the external lamp solution.

Overall, I am finding iPad to be a kind of product I'd like to have, but will probably buy similar alternative with Win7 or Android/Chrome OS.

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