Well, duh.

USA Today technology writer Edward C. Baig is really distinguishing himself of late. I gave him a pass and didn't comment after stupid comment number one contained in his review of the new iPad.

•Con. Shooting with camera can be awkward. No Adobe Flash. No camera flash. No expanded storage.

Maybe he didn't know that even Adobe isn't developing Flash for mobile devices. This would be hard to believe for anyone following technology, but oh well.

Now today he posted an entire article that's full of similar intelligent insight. The new iPad has LTE. It's fast. That's it's selling point. Who could have guessed that if you use it to DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR APPS, you'll burn through your data plan in a heartbeat? Ever hear of Wi-Fi?

Less than 24 hours after purchasing the Verizon Wireless version of the iPad + 4G — and choosing a $30, 2GB monthly data plan from Verizon — I was shocked by the notification on my iPad's screen: "There is no data remaining on your current plan."

In my case, I wasn't watching video. What nailed me, I think, is that I was wirelessly downloading a number of the apps that I had already purchased for my older iPad onto the latest model. Those apps were made available through Apple's iCloud.

He was shocked. Seriously? Apple really needs to reevaluate the writers who receive early review units when products are released. Providing units to reviewers like this does nobody any favors. Their products aren't represented well, readers waste their time and Edward C. Baig embarrasses himself.