5 Gadgets The iPad Kills (VIDEO)

If you're an iPad user, you may notice the rest of your gadgets looking dusty with disuse.

CNET TV counts down the top 5 gadgets that iPad owners say they no longer need. The following statistics come from a poll of iPad owners, 37% of whom "were totally new to Apple," says CNET Executive Editor Molly Wood.

Only a few of the iPad users in this study said they could live without a gaming console, which is last on the iPad's kill list. At number 4 on the list are iPods and MP3 players, which 29% of the polled users said they could live without. (Interestingly, nearly half the participants already owned an iPod.) The number 3 spot went to laptops and netbooks, both deemed unnecessary by 32% of iPad users. Portable gaming devices came in at number 2 with 38%.

To find out which gadget 49% of iPad users panned, check out the flash video below--if you're not browsing from your ipad.

Do you agree with these statistics? Would you give up any of these devices for an iPad? Let us know in the comments.

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Comments

[Jeany]

04:30 AM on 10/08/2010

I got mine just 2 weeks after I got my first smart phone (Droid Eris) and I love both; have data plans on both, and I've canceled my satellite radio. I'm seriously considering canceling my satellite tv, too. I stream public radio from my former home town and have been watching old premium TV series on Netflix on my iPad. Everything I watch on TV is in the webcloud in one form or another. I'm single, live with a couple of cats, and I must admit I'm anxious about pulling the plug on the TV ONLY because one of 'em really likes to snuggle when I watch. He freaks if a couple of days pass without our couch time.

I take whatever I'm doing with me. I can hardly wait for iOS 4 for the iPad so I have some basic multitasking. I'm not getting rid of my iPod, but I'm sure not using it except when I walk, and even then, I tune in my phone to my NPR station more often than I take the iPod.

Sure the Apple-love haters will snark, I don't care. I have some gripes, and they'd loom larger if I didn't have a computer to fill in where the iPad falls short. I'm retired now, but over the last 20 years of my work life I was totally immersed in facilitating people's transition to technology. I've never seen anything that comes close to the natural, intuitive utility of this thing. It rocks.

[iblogleft]

12:38 PM on 09/28/2010

Samsung has a new droid tablet out, it looks cool, but I have not read much about it.

[Francis 3]

08:55 AM on 09/28/2010

Man, and I thought Jim Jones had some tasty Koolaid. Sheesh!

[shockaslim]

04:13 PM on 09/27/2010

Cant take an iPad to the gym to listen to music.....definitely not killing any type of MP3 player.

[totalliberal]

07:25 AM on 09/27/2010

I can't take the glare of a computer screen when I relax, reading. Pearl paper is readable in sunlight and much more pleasant than an I-pad. So I guess that's wrong.

[totalliberal]

07:29 AM on 09/27/2010

Sorry for the double post. Glitch in the system I guess.

[totalliberal]

05:52 AM on 09/27/2010

I can't stand the glare of a computer screen when I'm reading a book. The Pearl paper is also great in sunlight while reading outdoors. Plus the Sony pocket can be stuffed into a............ well, pocket.

[sleeper414]

12:01 AM on 09/27/2010

I'd like to try one out. But I am an 'Open-Source' guy. I like ubuntu on my laptop, its easily as solid as OSX but free and even more customizable. If i had a 30 test drive? sure. But I think i'm gonna hold out for an android tablet.

[czs5056]

09:38 PM on 09/26/2010

can't use the ipad in the sun like a kindle (the LED screen doesn't like the light)

[Amryxx]

06:16 PM on 09/26/2010

On an unrelated news, iPad v2.0 will be able to cure cancer, reanimate the dead and stop time.

I mean seriously, mp3 players? (yeah, who needs something you can carry in your pocket?) Netbooks? The iPad is a toy, not a Swiss Army Knife. It has its uses, but methinks someone drank an extra-strong helping of the Apple Kool-Aid today.

[GoDogGo]

10:05 PM on 09/26/2010

I thought it would be a coffee table device ("toy" perhaps), but it turned out to be a fantastic business device for my purposes. It now gets used all day, every day in my office -- Notes, scheduling, quick information gathering, document review and various apps make it invaluable. Many of my colleagues and friends have found the same thing, though I'm sure it wouldn't suit everyone's job or work-style. For me though, it IS a Swiss Army Knife and I think the tablets coming next year will convert a lot of people.

[Amryxx]

11:25 PM on 09/26/2010

"I'm sure it wouldn't suit everyone's job or work-style"

Yes, thank you for that nuanced analysis.

I'm sure there's a niche for the iPad, but to proclaim it to be the saviour of mankind that will sweep away all the lesser devices just smacks of arrogance.

[Alien Nation]

10:17 AM on 09/28/2010

It's great for people who don't actually do much real work.

[scoobanchi]

05:50 PM on 09/26/2010

Know what isn't obsolete? Adobe Flash player. Get with the program Steve.

[GunnyJ]

06:16 AM on 09/27/2010

I agree. My concern, my pissedoffness, my frustration is the this Flash/HTML5 war. I could do so much with my iPhone/IPad if we could use AdobeFlash.........

[revko]

05:28 PM on 09/26/2010

iPad kills... becomes iPerp

[czs5056]

09:40 PM on 09/26/2010

now introducing the iconvict this new REVOLUTIONARY device was convicted of killing people's computer skills

[MalteseTiger]

11:28 AM on 09/28/2010

Once in the clink.. they will meet with the Iphone 4 whom thankfully was supplied with a free icondom

[Skyhawk]

03:04 PM on 09/26/2010

Kindle is designed for readers. No glare problems like iPad.

[jimmyjones22]

10:24 AM on 09/26/2010

lol, i like how it says netbooks are obsolete.

Sure, a college student is going to type a 20 page report on an ipad.

When you see this happening, please film it and upload to youtube. would love to see it.

[Mr Vegetarian NY]

03:15 AM on 09/26/2010

I hasn't killed the iMaxiPad.

[sagcat]

02:38 AM on 09/26/2010

I have a feeling that the people who don't think they'd "need" a console now that they had an iPad already felt that way pre-iPad. Completely different things.

[GoDogGo]

03:19 AM on 09/26/2010

Eh, not exactly. For gaming alone, it does the trick really well. But consoles have morphed into much, much more than just games now. In that regard (not just games), no, an iPad doesn't quite replace them.

[glockman]

08:42 AM on 09/26/2010

Until the iPad has a 67" screen, it will never do the gaming trick well.