physics - 7:45 pm on Jan 27, 2010 (gmt 0)

Is it the be all and end all of devices? No. But, it looks awesome and I'm impressed.

I would much rather have one of these than a netbook. I don't think the iPad is a laptop killer but it may very well be a netbook and eReader killer for many people. For very mobile people I could see it being a laptop killer though - personally I'd much rather have an iPad on a plane than a laptop or even a netbook.

My favorite features:

Price: $499 to $829.
Unlimited 3G available for $29/month with no contract.
10 hours of video!
Runs all iPhone apps.
Ebooks, with a book store. Eat your heart out Kindle DX, a much more limited device pricing in at $489.
Multitouch of course - after having an iPod it's frustrating to not have a touch interface on my laptop.
Keyboard dock. Why not after all? When at your desk you can use it like a 'normal' laptop if you want.

I'm also glad they called it the iPad. I thought they might not because of 'branding confusion' or some garbage like that. But it makes sense because it does function to a large degree like a big iPod, which has definitely paved the way for this device.

p.s.
Ironically Amazon.com is already running AdWords ads for the iPad

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