Talking about the iPad bores me. It’s a device I’ll never use.  I don’t own one, but have used one enough to know it doesn’t fit my tech setup (I have an 11″ Macbook Air and an iPhone 4).

It’s more sizzle than steak.

The device I mention to people is the Amazon’s Kindle; it’s on track to be the more popular handheld device. For what it’s worth, I don’t own a Kindle (yet), and I’m tracking AMZN quite closely — here’s why.

(1) Digital download infrastructure: Amazon has a large library of music, videos, books and apps for download.

(2) Assuming e-ink (eventually) has color and video capabilities, Amazon has a built in video store and streaming.

(3) Amazon has figured out how to handle large data downloads quickly.

Amazon is the only other company than Apple with a complete ecosystem of movies, music, apps, and web.

(4) Could the Kindle be free in November? I’m not sure it will be free, but I think it will be less than $100.

(5) One thing the iPad does better is web browsing. I do think that Kindle has a slight edge as it’s only $0.10 a minute or something if you’re out of network or abuse it. I think this is something Amazon will address and that fees will be much less than the AT&T fee charged for iPad browsing.

There’s a name for what type of wine drinker I am, a wine poseur.

Mr. Kendall, 43, described himself as a bit of a wine poseur. He has vacationed in Italy and Napa Valley and has a cellar at home, but he cannot remember a label from meal to meal.

“Being bored is a precious thing, a state of mind we should pursue. Once boredom sets in, our minds begin to wander, looking for something exciting, something interesting to land on. And that’s where creativity arises.

My best ideas come to me when I am unproductive. When I am running but not listening to my iPod. When I am sitting, doing nothing, waiting for someone. When I am lying in bed as my mind wanders before falling to sleep. These “wasted” moments, moments not filled with anything in particular, are vital.

They are the moments in which we, often unconsciously, organize our minds, make sense of our lives, and connect the dots. They’re the moments in which we talk to ourselves. And listen.

To lose those moments, to replace them with tasks and efficiency, is a mistake. What’s worse is that we don’t just lose them. We actively throw them away.”

Peter Bregman – “Why I returned my iPad”. Now, if only Apple/AT&T hadn’t effed up my iPhone 4 ordering process I’d own an iPhone and an iPad. IF ONLY.