My take on iPad.
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Well, as much as I hate to admit it, the Apple-verse, iAnything, iEverywhere, iPad may be an actual precursor to a solution for people who still like to read. If content starts getting delivered in more than just the printed word, on a consistent, reproducible basis, information dissemination devices like this iPad may actually be plowing the field.
Is v.1.0 disappointing? Hell, yes; no question this is a v.1.0 device. Is the future it presents at least compelling? Indeed, I think it is. Do I hope there will be competing devices that will kick its ass? Yes, I do - especially ones that can be used on a rural farm, say in Uganda or Bangladesh or Mozambique or, for that matter, Tennessee or Ontario.
Welcome to the future. Or, the apocalypse - you decide. Or...