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Originally Posted by FanIn80

There are an awful lot of people of the "non-reading" variety who don't seem to get that this thing wasn't built for them.

I will be buying one, and I can't wait until the day when the Calgary Herald offers an online digital subscription through iTunes (like the NY Times). I'm seriously looking forward to the day I can get my text books on it, and I'm already making a mental list of all the mags I miss having a print subscription for. I canceled my mag subs because I was tired of issues piling up, and I quit reading newspapers years ago because of the ink.

All the other stuff is just gravy for me. Videos, music, photos, internet, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, applications, WiFi, Bluetooth keyboard, etc etc.

The Kindle version of the herald (and other papers) rocks! No more going out in the cold or hoping that the paperboy hit the doorstep. No more waking up early and waiting for the paper...just a flick of the switch. The iPad will be the same in that regard and although I was skeptical at first, its a glorious gadget for newspaper subscribers!