More thoughts on the iPad

[cdspower]

The following just came to me while I was writing a response, and I thought I would post it for those not following the comments to see

Comments

[imcquill]

Spot on. Appliance based computation.

[t_mck]

"Maybe this third device isn't for us hardcores consumer electronics guys - maybe it is for the breed of user that is tired of paying $800 and not using most of the functionality. Better to pay $500 and use it all. At least that is the usability argument I would make. Minimal design and all that is after all one of our heuristics."

Yup.

[superfan1]

Nice review. :)