As an iPad owner, I'm really not seeing anything major lacking from the Archos 70 and 101 tablets. While the market is missing out of the box, it's as easy as installing an APK to get full market access along with GMail, Maps, etc. Anyone interested in doing much video playback should also be interested in the Archos' media player roots and support for a plethora of codecs including MKV up to 720p. If my wife hadn't bought me an iPad as a gift (which I love) I would have waited it out for the Archos 101.