I suspect Apple has scored a home run with the iPad<div><br></div><div><ul><li>It competes directly against netbooks &amp; laptops as a device for internet access</li><li>It competed directly against multimedia players (iPods, Zunes, Creative, etc)</li>
<li>It competes directly against ebook readers (Kindle, Sony, etc)</li><li>It is a functional email client (over and above gmail, yahoo etc access)</li><li>It has (potentially) office software (presentation, word processing &amp; spreadsheet). This makes it a killer machine for demos &amp; working on the move</li>
<li>Pretty much idiot proof -- no configuration, console, etc. A button and it&#39;s on or off. </li><li>You can carry it to bed, use it lying down on the sofa, on the plane etc</li><li>It is integrated with an online store</li>
<li>There are millions of applications already available for it</li><li>Anyone can use it off the bat, from techies to the average housewife</li></ul><div>I personally intend to get one as a multimedia device &amp; ebook reader. But i will wait for version 2 so adventurous folk can be guinea pigs and find all the issues</div>
<div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Josiah Mugambi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jmugambi@gmail.com">jmugambi@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I think it&#39;s an overgrown Touch :)<div><br></div><div>Don&#39;t think I&#39;d have any use for one.</div></blockquote></div></div>