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The iPad 2 is coming out this week. For Christmas, my family said I could pick out my own gift in a certain price range. The only thing I could even think of wanting was an iPad. The 3g 64gb model I want is a little above the price range but my birthday is coming up in April so my family agreed it could be my combined Christmas/birthday present. So I’ve been waiting and waiting for the 2 to be released because I always like to buy my Apple products right at the beginning of the release cycle.

And now I’m starting to have iPad anxiety.

I have my iPhone which already has 3g functionality. And I just got a 13″ MacBook Pro from work which I can lug around when I travel.

I got rid of my 15″ MacBook Pro and got the iMac last summer with the intention of getting an iPad for travel when I needed something a little bigger than my iPhone for taking notes and handling email, but now the MacBook Pro fills that need.

So what’s left that I really want the iPad for? I want it to be a glorified ereader. So far I’ve only purchased Kindle books but I like the fact that with the iPad I can have not only Kindle for iPad but also iBooks and the Barnes & Noble and Borders ereader apps.

I also like that the iPad is in color unlike the Kindle and that I can use other apps on it like Evernote.

And so I suffer from anxiety because whether I get the $829 iPad (as a gift) plus pay the additional monthly cost for data plan (on an as needed basis since when I’m not traveling I feel like I have plenty of wifi access) or the $189 Kindle with unlimited free 3g I’ll feel like I made the wrong choice.

Which would you pick and why?

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