The iPad is just so light (680g!) that when you put it into a bag you just don't notice it's there, and you can use it anywhere, cradled in your lap or held up in your hands. It's great.

You can switch “tabs” pretty easily on the iPad, but in general I find that it suits a more laser-focussed style of use, rather than flitting about between multiple things. This is actually quite nice, because it's easier to avoid getting distracted!

For Google Reader there's a great app that just came out called Reeder for iPad (as there's also an older iPhone version) which is really, really nice. It syncs with Google Reader so that you can do things offline, and the interface is just great to use, it finally got me to go through all my unread feeds!

Had a quick look at the Adam site, and you're right, it looks lovely. But a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, as they say. I'll believe it when they can ship it. I'm very wary of people hyping things up before they can even deliver.

I appreciate the dedication! While I still contend that in some small way your life and the world would be better if you installed Chrome, I now have some free time I can use to make it a little more bearable on IE.

But, I think I'd use it a lot for consuming information. I think a tablet is the perfect thing for catching up on feeds in Google Reader for instance (and incidentally, are the apps really that good? I find it works really nicely just in the browser). And yeah, from what I saw when I played with one in the Apple store the other day, videos look brilliant on it, especially higher-res ones (I hesitate to call it HD ).

That said, there are some pretty good alternatives allegedly coming out. I really like the look of the Adam, but they keep pushing the bloody thing back…

Also: you're an idiot.