iPad - Megathread incoming

[Sunflower1970]

The iPad looks like it'd be awesome for little kids with learning apps and fun games for them..

I can also see how it'd be very useful for textbooks. Man. I wish I had had something like this when I was in college instead of lugging 500lbs of books with me. (The Kindle & Nook are nice, but I much prefer to have color instead of just B&W)

I'd get something similar--just not from Apple--and not for a few years (I'm set with my desktops, laptop & Nexus One). I do hope some other companies are taking notes and in a few years will have a good product to compete with this (and have a catchier name...)

ETA:

I was sent this video from MadTV about the iPad from a few years ago.Thought I'd share :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1BUH9eXy18

[Marlonsm]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned this video yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA

[joebanjo]

I can also see how it'd be very useful for textbooks.

This is a little more textbooky, it looks good, but i wish i knew the price. I still don't think i need one though

[Sunflower1970]

This is a little more textbooky, it looks good, but i wish i knew the price. I still don't think i need one though

Ooo! I had not seen that before. I like.

[amazingtaters]

The iPad looks like it'd be awesome for little kids with learning apps and fun games for them..

I can also see how it'd be very useful for textbooks. Man. I wish I had had something like this when I was in college instead of lugging 500lbs of books with me. (The Kindle & Nook are nice, but I much prefer to have color instead of just B&W)

I'd get something similar--just not from Apple--and not for a few years (I'm set with my desktops, laptop & Nexus One). I do hope some other companies are taking notes and in a few years will have a good product to compete with this (and have a catchier name...)

ETA:

I was sent this video from MadTV about the iPad from a few years ago.Thought I'd share :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1BUH9eXy18

The textbook thing would be great, except that it's not entirely realistic at this point. My first hand experience is that at my school we are actively discouraged from buying our books anywhere but from the campus bookstore run by Follet. While I know there's a school in Missouri (NW MO State I think) that has started offering ebook versions of just about all textbooks, there's going to be some backlash from universities that make a killing on books against students adopting this type of technology.

[aysiu]

There was so much hype in the months leading up to the announcement that there was no way the iPad (ugh, hate the name) could have lived up to it.

But this is honestly the only Apple product in a long time that I've been tempted to buy.

My main issue is this: is it a standalone device? In other words, one of things that really turned me off from getting an iPod Touch or iPhone is its dependence on having another computer with iTunes on it. But if the iTunes App Store and iBooks store are integrated into the device itself (and I don't have to "sync" it with a real computer), then maybe I will get this. (No iTunes for Linux.)

For the iPod Touch and iPhone, I found the whole multi-touch thing overrated. For a screen of this size, though, to navigate and manipulate things, finger swiping and multi-touch may actually come in handy.

I had high hopes for the Nook, but every review of it (including videos) revealed it to be sluggish and unresponsive.

Even in debates about Android v. iPhone, I hear multi-tasking brought up a lot. I like multi-tasking, but responsiveness is more important.

We'll see. I rarely get first-generation products...

[pwnst*r]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned this video yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA

That's because it's stupid.

[pwnst*r]

stuff

It is not a standalone device from what I've read on the 'net. You will still need iTunes.

[graabein]

The iPad. Sounds like some teenage wuss tactics to pad stats in online games. I can tell you right now. I'm not getting one! Apple THIS!

[arnab_das]

first up, no multitasking, biggest dampener! next, 64GB isnt enough! and this is supposed to be a netbook replacement?

okay, but looks seriously awesome. but not much material packed into it i'm afraid. but this is for sure, the amazon kindle is dead now.