Midas..
You pose a very decent and honest question, but one that
I believe cannot be answered by anyone posting here, on SI OR
on RB.
We are all waiting for the elusive pads, but promising PRs,
"seeing" the pads at COMDEX, and advertising in WSJ has yet to
yield an actual pad in the mail. So, your guess is probably as
good as anyones..
I think if we ever do see a cashpad, EVER, it may not be until
2002 or later. This year flew by and so will next year.
Maybe 100,000 hard working Chinese laborers can prove me wrong,
but somebody's gotta put them to work.
JMHO
"Nothing is either good or bad, thinking makes it so"..