I would not be so quick to write the iPad off just because alternatives are free and the iPad is expensive. Humans are weird creatures. Who knows how people justify their purchases. But I can tell you from spending an hour in an Apple Store on Saturday -- the iPad is flying off the shelf, and the buyers are all types. Perhaps a $1,000 game of Scrabble is not as unreasonable as you might think.
If you buy an iPad just to play Scabble, it's $1,000 for the game. But a common family may already have an iPhone for each member. They could decide to buy an iPad to replace a netbook, or because they have none and/or no computer.
When they will find Scrabble and decide to buy it, it will be $10 for the game, not $1,000.
