My HTC Hero (Android) has Office apps... I doubt Sprint provided those, so I'm guessing they're stock... haven't tested them out to see if they're 2007 xlsX (etc) compatible, but im pretty sure there's office app support...

Dell would be wise to include out-of-the-box support for Word, Excel and Acrobat docs. These are chargeable extras on smartphones, which makes it tempting to buy a small netbook instead. I'd love to have a small computer / big smartphone in one device, but it needs to do everything that both do before it'll take off.

Wi-Fi + 3G adds £100 to the cost of the iPad, thus pushing the cost of the middle-of-the-road model to a significantly twatty £599.

If Apple were to charge £100 for all the other missing features (USB, camera and flash, SD slot, decent operating system and so on) it'll be almost as expensive as a certain other fruit-based computing platform whose customer base is exclusively Apple sheep and geeks as well.

A fule and his money...

"With WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth, the out of the box connectivity options put Apple's Ipad to shame."

Would that be the same WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth that Apple's iPad has?

Oh dear.