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I liked his pot shot on the iPad:

"I tried to take notes on one in a meeting with me yesterday. That was fun. It didn't go very fast."

Now that was idiotic.

Why? I've only used an iPad a couple of times and I didn't find it very easy to type on, especially if you need numbers, brackets, a dash etc. Maybe it's something you have to get used to. Or maybe you have to get one of the keyboard docks (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC533LL/A), but that's not very portable.

I doubt the meeting would have gone any better were they using a Windows tablet (coming from someone who has used one).

Note taking in meetings is clearly not the USP of the iPad though, so Ballmer's comments are just a cheap shot... no substance.

Don't get me wrong though, I totally agree that it was a cheap shot at the iPad. Although I can't imagine using the iPad to get things done, it seems pretty good for consuming content though.

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