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Updated: Plan to get an iPad?
By gabesemenza in Crowdsourcing
March 1, 2010

(Updated below: A recent Harvard grad's thoughts on the potential impacts of the iPad having a camera.)

If you've followed news about the iPad since Apple's Steve Jobs announced the product on Jan. 27, you're probably drowning in rumors:

1) Pre-orders start this week. 2) The device will ship with a built-in camera. 3) A production bottleneck will halt shipment of the WiFi version until April.

And on and on ...

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We won't really know which rumors hold up until Apple releases information, of course. During his keynote speech, Jobs said the first versions ship out later this month. I signed up to be notified when pre-orders kickoff, and so can you: http://www.apple.com/ipad/notify-me/

So, are you going to buy the Wifi-only iPad version? Hold out for the 3G version, which supposedly ships a month later? Hold out for a second generation version? Avoid the much-hyped device altogether?

I tell myself I'll be able to wait for the second generation device -- one that will hopefully have a camera, a few other bells and whistles and a lesser price. Ever since I bought an iPhone, though, I'm weak when it comes to cool mobile devices.

I'm beginning work on a story about the pros and cons of buying the iPad. What are your thoughts?

Thanks for the input,

Gabe Semenza / Advocate public service editor