On the iPad
I hate the name, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. I was hoping for a MacBook with a touch screen (with or without a built in keyboard). I'm not thrilled that that's not what it is, but iWork being available for it may make up for that. It seems like the perfect thing to use for taking notes while at a conference, and if it can double as the presentation tool that would be fantastic. Whether it's really useful is going to depend entirely on what developers do with it.
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I'll wait for at least the 2nd generation.
It will only run software that goes through the app store. That's a big negative for me.
Whether it can multi-task is important to me. I want to be able to look at a web page while I'm writing something up in Pages. I put up with it on the iPhone because it doesn't actually come up as much as I thought it would, but it's a bigger deal on a computer-like device.
AT&T sucks; I wouldn't get the version with 3G. I'd just get a Droid and tether it (like I plan to do with my iPhone after my current contract runs out).
The iPhone virtual keyboard gets confused sometimes. Not such a big deal if I'm just sending a text or writing a quick email, but it has to work right now if I'm trying to take notes during a talk.
Using it as a book reader is very enticing, and I've never even considered getting a Kindle.
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