Yes if you substract all the good and defining things from the Electribe, then yes, the iPad is much better.
But then it is pretty surely also much better then all the outboard digital synth you dream of
Btw, concerning H2Onlys interest. One very convenient feature of the Electribe (and yes, probably of the iElectribe as well) is that your creations on it can be exported as an Ableton Live project, that has all the audio already saved as clips ordered into tracks and scenes for Session view
