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Compared to my laptop, the iPad lacks a keyboard, software development tools, writers’ tools, photographers’ tools, a Web server, a camera, a useful row of connectors for different sorts of wires, and the ability to run whatever software I choose.

Compared to my Android phone, it lacks a phone, a camera, pocketability, and the ability to run whatever software I choose.

Compared to the iPad, my phone lacks book-reading capability, performance, and screen real-estate.

Compared to the iPad, my computer lacks a touch interface and suffers from excessive weight and bulk.