I netted $200 selling the Air and buying the Series 9, which is specced almost identically but has USB 3.0 and a couple other ports. That was a good enough bonus to convince me I'd rather do that than exclusively run Windows on a Mac.

I'd love a slight bump, to maybe 3.8" or so, but that's all. 4.6" is ridiculous

"The fact that you even have to clarify that is disgusting." - I snort-laughed pretty hard in my cube when I read that.

I remember being very very interested in this last year when Giz featured it in their body hacks week, but from what was mentioned then the magnets didn't survive in their silicon sheath for 3 years like this one apparently has

Your math is off. That difference of 1.5% represents an increase of almost 15% in the rate of deaths (1.5/10.2 = 14.7% increase)

There isn't a point. Other than "look what we did!"

But in this case we're proud of Rush (the band) for standing up for their ideals. If Rush (the band) disagrees with Rush's politics, good for them for using their copyright to make a statement

The Fire sold millions of units and had more preorders than the iPad. If that's not succcessful I don't know what is

Every UI element you mention is smaller on the iPhone than it is on the iPad, and perfectly usable.

I've used a Fire.... I don't really know where you're going with that question. Your point about "well known 7 inch tablets" is as true as the point that there were tablets before the iPad, and just as irrelevant. And the point of an 8" tablet is not to be "impressive". Put a Kindle Fire next to an iPad and the size…

I've owned an iPad and an iPad 2. The changes to the iOS are minimal.

Fragmentation? Keep the resolution to 1024x768, there is none. Apps run exactly the same with no scaling necessary. Bonus, they can go on about the increased pixel density, a la the iPhone and probably iPad 3.

......and? Whether that's true or not the point is the same, just in reverse

You're wrong. See: Kindle Fire. The rest of your comment was just irrelevant as far as I can tell.

I can't tell, it's hard for me to see past that vomit-inducing home screen

"it's too small"? Are you kidding me? Apple took the interface from their 3.5" phone, blew it up to a 9.7" screen with practically no changes at all, and then you think that putting the same interface on a 7-8" device won't work because it's too small? What are you smoking?

I would love an 8" iPad. The 9.7" screen is bigger than I prefer, and after playing around with a Kindle Fire I'm really tempted to get one because of the screen size. Make it 7.5-8" wide, with the same 1024x768 resolution as the original, and sell it for <$350 and I'd be hard pressed to resist

I'm not talking about different sizes. I'm talking about making something that sells well, which they haven't done yet. Obviously not everyone prefers a 10" tablet (myself included) which is one of a few reasons the Kindle Fire is selling so well. Samsung is just spamming the tablet market at this point, hoping that…

Yeah.... like NASA didn't already do that

Why? Because Samsung is just going to keep throwing Android tablets at the wall until something finally sticks