[MelodyL]

I'm not getting one, don't worry, don't have the money for it. I just want to learn about it in case I ever get rich.

This wi-fi with 3g Technology thing.

I read that you can extend the 3g part of it for $14.99 a month for limited amounts of data, and for $29.99 you can get unlimited data.

What are they talking about.? What is data?

I know about wi-fi. You can bring a laptop into Dunkin Donuts, they have a hot spot. You can sit there drink your coffee and go on the internet, and do whatever you would if you were connected at home, RIGHT???

Or did I get this wi-fi thing WRONG? Isn't that what wi-fi is? You take your laptop and you turn it on, and you get an internet signal and YOU CAN GO ON THE INTERNET.

So let's say I'm rich and I buy an ipad with all those 200,000 applications. Let's say all I want to do is go to Neurotalks.

I bring up the keyboard and type in the url and I'm here, right?

Seems kind of awkward because there is no attached keyboard, there is no place to set it down, you have to hold it in your hand, etc.

I'm not into reading books, so I don't need all those apps. I don't go on face book, so I don't need that.

And they talk about video. WHAT VIDEO? There is no cd rom drive, so what the heck are they talking about.?

If someone can explain exactly what an IPAD is used for, it would be helpful.

Also, I know there is another IPAD where you pay a monthly fee and you get to go on the internet (not use the wi fi feature).

So I gather this means that if I am in my house, Alan is on the computer, I buy a router, I get an IPAD......

then I can go on the internet, the same way as if I had a laptop?

Or if I purchase the IPAD with the monthly connection fee, then I DON'T NEED TO BUY A ROUTER, and I can sit in my living room while Alan is on the computer, and because I pay a monthly fee (don't know how much this is), then I can go on the internet any time I want (whether it's in my house, my friend's house, WHATEVER?).

I just need someone to explain IPAD in a way that my brain can comprehend.

Thanks much.

And to think all I thought I had to learn was about DVD DECODERS??

lol
Melody