I really don't have any arguements to much of what anyone's saying here...
But I will say one point was particularly good:
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But at least it seems they've figured out that nobody really expects portable gaming devices to be portable any more. I'm serious. For mobile gaming, people use an iPhone or Android phone. The DS and PSP are for playing while lying on your couch.
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I would expand on that and say it gets quite a bit of use when traveling too. It's just not something someone will put in their pocket and take to work, or school, or even over someone else's house really. It kills time at home, in a backseat of a car/bus, or on a airplane.
One thing that may be worthwhile to add is 4G capibility.. but even if it stays 3G, they should find a way to enable netflix on it. That way they can can get a foot in the door of competing with the casual entertainment laptops (much like some high-end cell phones are now). Depending on how many computer-related (but entertainment and socially focused) functions it has, it could possibly make it's own nitch in the market.
If Ipad can sell 6mil in the 4th Q last year being a large phone that can't make calls, and an extremely limited computer that can hardly play games... At $500... there has to be something there. I really still don't understand why people buy ipads though.. maybe they just bought it cause it's made by apple lol