The iPad is all about content consumption--surfing the Web, watching videos, playing games.

iPad注重的是消费内容：浏览网页、观看视频、打游戏。

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Identity providers are now making it easy for 3rd party content sites to turn content consumption into a social activity.

身份认证的提供者(Identity providers)现在很轻松地就可以让第三方内容站点将内容的消费行为转变成社交活动。

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My verdict is that, while it has compromises and drawbacks, the iPad can indeed replace a laptop for most data communication, content consumption and even limited content creation, a lot of the time.

我的结论是，虽然iPad有一些缩水和缺陷，但在很多时候，它确实可以取代笔记本电脑来做大部分的数据传输和内容消费，甚至是有限度的内容创建。

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The tablet is mostly for content consumption, but can be used as a control point, too.

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Tablets deliver a richer experience around content consumption, thanks to the ecosystem they support.

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The first foray into non-traditional content consumption came courtesy of the now-ubiquitous search feature.

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