I read the Gizmodo "review". At first I thought it was just more MS sycophancy, then I read this:
But the Surface's cover also doubles as a full, extremely thin keyboard and multitouch trackpad, whereas the iPad's is just... a cover. This is a brilliant move on Microsoft's part—one of the most clever things it's ever squeezed out, and something that instantly makes Surface one of the most exciting devices we've eyed in some time.
If the fact that it has a cover with a keyboard built in is the most
exciting thing in the world, ever to them, then they're obviously not interested in the same things as I am.
Forget battery life, forget power and compatibility, you can forget about the display, the smoothness of the OS - the point is
it has a keyboard in the cover.
Obviously their list of priorities is different to mine.
Plus I seem to remember Gizmodo always tend to wax lyrical about MS products don't they?
Personally, I'll stick to non-MS devices if they're better. Yes -
even if they don't have a keyboard built into the cover.