Exactly. I think that could very well kill it for most people, but he already has an ipod and a computer fast enough to run itunes to sync. But those folks that don't? Hopefully Apple wises up on this one. Of course we all know why they won't. - they suport you playing mp3s on your iPod, but they'd rather you bought from them through iTunes, which you certainly will be able to do on this device.

I am sure that if that started to be an issue, Apple could just address that in Software and let iPads exist independently.