I don't know about any other brand of smart phone, but my Evo runs out of battery very quickly. If I'm riding in the car and just want to check email, it's fine. But for browsing, reading kindle, etc., when I have a wait and can't plug in, the ipad with its long battery life wins hands down over a smart phone. And so much easier than a laptop to transport from living room to front porch to lanai for Internet browsing at home. My first one was not 3G, and I regretted it. Got an AT&T 3G because we travel a lot overseas, and the AT&T one will accept data sim cards from other countries. I gave the first one to my husband, who thought he probably wouldn't use it much... Well, he was hooked in a day, much to my dil's dismay as she was next in line for it.
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