Let’s be honest, Katherine. You didn’t seriously consider the features of the iPad 2. We know that. Your annoying obsession is for open source and, as iOS is not open source, that’s all you needed to know. You crossed it off your list before it was announced. It’s not like anyone who knows you wonders what you might think of the iPad 2. You were going to hate it. And you’re going to hate the iPad 3 and the iPhone 5 and whatever else Apple ships that doesn’t come with Ubuntu Incontinent Ibex on it. We get it already.

“The specs are basically what everyone else is coming out with in three to four months,” NPD Group retail researcher Stephen Baker .

Assuming that does in fact happen, that would give Apple what? Say it with me, everybody: a three or four month lead. Baker also doesn’t discuss at what price these similarly configured tablets will be sold, but some of the products in the pipeline might finally be priced competitively. For reason, Katherine chose not to quote Baker from later in that piece where he noted Apple’s advantage in apps and a better overall experience.

In fact, that’s the second time Katherine’s linked to the same piece—a piece which quotes an analyst from J. Gold Associates as saying:

“Apple didn’t really move the bar all that much,” said Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates. “I don’t see this as heads above the competition, especially the Xoom, right now. Apple fans who want the latest will buy this or upgrade, but I don’t see any overwhelmingly compelling capabilities that would make people sitting on the tablet fence go out and buy one.”