New plan. Figure out how to fly to China for free. Spend $130 for this. Explain to my wife it’s technically not an iPad.
Engadget has a great write up on a fantastic piece of hardware from China. Moonse (you like how I reference them as if you’ve heard of the brand?) has a new tablet called the E-7001. It sports a 7-inch touchscreen, runs Android 1.5, an SD card slot, built in Wi-Fi, a front-facing camera and a USB port. Not too shabby. And the rumor is it’s set to come in around $130 US. Of course, that’s if it ever really comes out. No word on availability.
The only real problem I see with this whole plan is that I’ll have a crap Chinese knock-off that does slightly more (Flash) than the iPad and my wife won’t understand my techno-babble about how it’s not really an iPad so she’ll be mad. Super. 
Dude! I gave you a buck to buy an iPad. Don’t be spending my money on anything else!
Dude! Stop being a wuss and just buy a stinkin’ iPad. Just deal with the consequences like a man.
That’s what I do.