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Rick LePage, a pundit I trust, on his iPad love five days in.
Yeah, Apple might announce multitasking tomorrow for the iPad. If done right, that could lessen my complaints about having to click the Home button about 50 times more a day than I feel I need to. And, they might come up with a better way to get more documents (and document types) onto the iPad, so I can really do some productive work. But they’re not going to come up with a cure for keeping fingerprints off the screen, which is more than a nuisance. It’s not going to be better balanced, so you can work with it less awkwardly when you’re lying down or trying to type with it in your lap. They’re not going to reduce the glare that gets in the way when you’re trying to watch a video.
The iPad isn’t revolutionary; it’s luxury.
I can’t speak from personal experience… yet. (come on 3G come on!) But I’m interested to see how I’ll feel a few days in. I’m even more curious to see how my children view the iPad once ours arrives. Wondering if, possibly, it’s a device that will hold more sway over the crowd that’s happy to type with two thumbs on a pad of twelve keys.