what exactly is the point of a tablet/iPad?

[a8tdi]

You mean over a laptop? Fair point on portabillity.

Quite looking forward to getting it now, though I won't tell the wife that - I'm still milking the "I can't believe you spent £500 the other night" thing. First purchases I think will be Apple TV & one of those covers with a keyboard inside the front cover.

Yes, and battery life. You will be hard pushed to find any laptop with over 5 hours battery life. Whereas the iPad 2 i use still gives 8 hours between charges, and thats with constant use. Also remember that tablets cannot multitask.. (Well at least the iPad cant, I cant comment on other models).

[Brycie]

Haha. To be fair she did consult me & was going to go for one of the cheaper ones, but I started getting all tech-geek about it & looking up reviews and said to her, you may as well get the best you can, as you'll have it a long time etc etc. Didn't expect her to commit to buying it right there & then though! Actually she probably knew as soon as she mentioned it, I'd be all over the web getting reviews & comparing specs etc like the geek I am.

To my surprise, it's a lot cheaper direct through Apple than through anywhere else like phones4U or carphone warehouse.

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[Guest 2]

I bought a '2' for my wife and I'm the one that mainly uses it, she only really plays Candy Crush or other stupid facebook games on it.

To be honest, I got it for me and talked her into it beforehand then I presented it and said 'here you go honey, I know you wanted one'. Got me into the good books and a new toy for myself. Use it more than my laptop nowadays.

[Brycie]

Very cunning. Cunning like a woman in fact, wish I could be that good at it.

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[Guest 2]

Very cunning. Cunning like a woman in fact, wish I could be that good at it.

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Always think ahead, it works for almost anything. Before we got the A6 I kept pointing them out and kept asking did she like them, if they say yes or even give a hint of liking something that's a good starting point. Couple of months down the line we had one in our driveway.

But if you get it wrong, it goes wrong bad, you're in the doghouse, she gets moody but you still have the gadget you bought 'her' to content yourself

Stops the nagging .. For a short time anyway!

[zollaf]

it worked for me, mrs z ended up with 3 nice carp rods.
unfortunately she liked them so much they became hers and i don't get to use them, so this plan does sometimes backfire.

[man le-mans]

I hope you're right about it being worthwhile, because I went up to bed the night before last to find out that the wife had been busy buying an iPad 4. Let's hope the build quality is better than her iPhone 5 as the speaker's stopped working & now the camera's playing up too.

My iPhone 5 has never gone wrong and I've had that a year now. But it is the first iPhone I've had and my iPad which I think is a iPad 2 works as it should so hopefully you will get a good one. The wife's nexus was sent back tho. Maybe you got a Friday afternoon made iPhone

[Brycie]

Probably. You can get a faulty one, no matter what the product. We're taking it to the genius bar in Liverpool on Sunday & apparently if they can't fix it, they just give you a new one. She's really happy with the service they've given her though.

[Brycie]

Always think ahead, it works for almost anything. Before we got the A6 I kept pointing them out and kept asking did she like them, if they say yes or even give a hint of liking something that's a good starting point. Couple of months down the line we had one in our driveway.

The first time my Missus saw the A6 was when I picked her up in it. I just asked what sort of figure she reckoned we could afford per month & went out and agreed a deal on it. Then a couple of weeks later, I collected it & took it to her work to pick her up. Thank God she quite liked it, but she wouldn't have minded - she's got hers & Mine is my choice. So she's pretty good really.

Actually she's never stopped me buying anything for it, I'd just feel guilty going too mad & spending loads of our money on something for me.

[Guest 2]

Probably. You can get a faulty one, no matter what the product. We're taking it to the genius bar in Liverpool on Sunday & apparently if they can't fix it, they just give you a new one. She's really happy with the service they've given her though.

Mine has been fine, no problems. I did take a extended warranty out on it at £60 which protects it for another 2 years. You can do this anything before the first year warranty expires at http://www.apple.com/uk/services/

I might not ever need it but its cheaper than buying a brand new ipad if this one should go wrong. Bit like a extended car warranty in hindsight.