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How to complete the alphabet? Hipmunk, Vook, and… Xerox could get the job done. (Hey, after buying Motorola, you never know!)

It has now been 500 days since my iPad 3G arrived at the end of April, 2010. So, as I did after 100 days — when it was my “favorite” computer — and after 300 days — when I barely used it anymore — I’m going to write a bit about how it fits into my life today and what that means.

In short: I use it every day for about 30 to 60 minutes, mostly at home. I use it on long trips. I think it is the future of computing. But I still prefer my MacBook Air for almost everything besides reading in bed or watching videos.

This isn’t a brand-new phenomenon, but it’s worth repeating and re-emphasizing: What makes Apple so successful today — and so threatening to its competitors — isn’t just its design and engineering capabilities. It’s the fact that Apple is beating its rivals on price, too, something that once seemed inconceivable.