1st Gen iPads £329 on store.apple.com

Refurbished models start from £289. Limited stocks though.

379€ in Finland. I'm joining the queue to-morrow.

No flash, no bbc iplayer without costing more, no thanks apple.

Wake me up when they are 150.00

Apple kit holds it value usually quite well. However, if the speed improvement & cameras/facetime are as good as they say, the backside on the second hand 1st generation ipad market will seriously drop out over the next few months as a glut of them hit the open market........The current differential of £100 could easily be doubled. I already know several people who are considering upgrading and have had their ipads 6 months. The market appears to me to be just like the iphone mobile phone market. Every time a new model arrives, the value of yesterdays model spirals. 

Would you buy a stereo on specs alone or would you listen to the thing first?

Agreed Paul.

I dont' really care how it compares to anything else. I want something that can do most of what I do on my laptop, but save me booting it up all the time (IMDB/e-mails/DVD and Bluray ordering/forum work etc). I also bought it as a Sonos controller, which it does admirably, and I'm sure it'll serve as a great remote for other things in the future. It can link to my Sky+ HD box and let me record what I want when I'm not there.

Plus, I can take it anywhere I like, unlike my laptop.

I bought the top one, and don't regret it at all.

I just don't see the point in buying something that's already outdated and surpassed by newer technology and having to fork out 40 for a  "special" hdmi cable!

Also any company that starts a press conference by dissing its rivals should not be respected! I used to be a fan but not anymore!

Thats just my opinion! 

IrishPeterB:

Also any company that starts a press conference by dissing its rivals should not be respected! 

Do you grow your own vegetables?  Good luck buying ANYTHING   

Google's CEO was on Apple's board of directors whist iOS was developed, funnily enough Android turned out pretty similar.  Can you respect that? Apple have every right to be a little 'snippy'.

When Sony release a new TV do they start the press conference by saying that Philips tv's are rubbish?

Or for example when BMW had to recall cars last year due to a breaking issue did they start by saying Mercedes breaks are faulty too?

It's all irrelevant really isn't it. Those that want it will buy it, those that don't, won't. Same with anything else that's purchasable.

Everyone does it

Funny

However, the Motorola Xoom will be much much better 

G.Unit69:

However, the Motorola Xoom will be much much better 

Better at what?  DJing live music at a house party?  Editing video?  Tethering digital cameras to for live view?  Playing games? Playing the piano or drumming?  Previewing medical texts and displaying test results?  Controlling real life millitary opperations?  

 Im sure the Xoom will have a blazingly fast web browser.