This is plain BS, utter FUD from an anti-Apple writer.
He’s talking about opportunity cost and not even considering the return on the investment of the iPod, which is certainly greater than zero.
The iPad has utility. Does it make you more productive? Is it portable, can it make you portable? Could you write an email on an iPod and secure a business deal.
This is worse than lazy writing, it’s corrupted pandering.
iPod = iPad. I’ve been writing about iPods all day, some of it, incidentally on my iPad.
Not BS at all. These electronic gadgets are toys. Less than 1% of folks really need an Ipad, Ipod, cellphone, laptop, or any of the other wizbang gadget that have a 3 year life cycle.
In case you weren’t around then, we went to the moon, designed nuclear bombs, built the Hoover Dam, and thousands of other feats we can’t seem to figure out how to do today. And all these accomplishments were done without all these “look at me, I am important” toys.
It depends if you will REALLY become more productive because of the iPad or if it just another toy.
Duhhh...the story has nothing to do with (regarding its value or its worth to its user) the iPad other than using it as an example because it’s ‘hot’!
OK, I'll bite.
"Well, aren't you something."
Had he used the $500 to buy Apple stock, he could have bought about one and a half shares, he would have done even better.
The truth is, if we all acted as he suggests then sales of everything would be down drastically and his future projections would not be met.