You may be able to, but the iPad just does what it does very, very well and it is extremely easy to use. 2 years is a long time, and nothing has come close to it yet. I personally have no use for a tablet - I work at home, and my iPhone is plenty to get by with when I am not around my PC. But if I did get one it would be an iPad - I wouldn't really have to worry about anything but maybe buying some of the bunk "HD" editions of some games optimized for the larger screen, and all my videos are already in m4v. And a lot of people have iPhones already, so it is pretty tempting to just go with an iPad.