Tubaloth, a tablet isn't a phone, though. Tablet's are very handy, just depends what you will use it for. My wife and I have Blackberry smartphones. We have twitter, facebook and email, along with mobipocket to read. We have The LDS library on them. Handy, but very small to read. My wife has 3 other e-book devices to read on, and just got an iPad 1, but not because she wanted it. It was necessary for her to do work for a client she has. She actually doesn't even care for it that much. 2 hours after buying it she said "$550 for a gadget and I hate it already"That being said, ipads have many other functions, including reading scriptures etc. Just remember, iPads do not support Adobe Flash, since Mr Jobs considers Adobe his mortal enemy for some reason. This will limit lots of things. I think the upcoming Blackberry Playbook to be a good option, since it will support flash, and will sync with my phone.