early adopters

If you really want the latest gadget, you'd better sleep on it: Price cuts on consumer tech, long familiar, are getting even more drastic, punishing early adopters. Read on to find out why the hottest electronics just keep getting cheaper.

Early iPad adopters may be overwhelmingly male, but Yahoo's user data shows women are catching up. That's good news for Apple, which historically does well with gender-neutral products. The other good news: iPads are increasingly used for online shopping.

If you were one of the estimated 150,000 people (like me) who ordered an iPad in the first three days after Apple began accepting orders for early April delivery, you're probably an early adopter -- made of part vanity, part curiosity, with a willing to pay a premium for the latest and greatest...