Are you/will you get an iPad?
Probably, I need to check one out in the stores or borrow one for a day first though. But I’m starting to consider it.
Do you think there is any place for the iPad in the gadget world?
I didn’t think there really was, I can see how it’s nice to have as a “consumer” device, but if you create content, it doesn’t seem like it would be up to the task. But then that description justifies it I suppose, a device for those who consume daily but only rarely create.
Do you think it’s ridiculous, and is the same as a large iPod touch?
My first though was, I’ve got an iPhone, why would I need this? But as my laptop slowly degrades and dies I’m starting to see it as having an “around the house” use. A role my laptop could fill but not in as elegant a fashion. Still had I just bought my laptop I wouldn’t even be considering it.
Are you a fan of Apple’s products in general, and what do you think about the iPad in comparison to Apple’s other products?
I’ve been a fan for most of my life. I went through school on mostly apple II systems, had a couple powermacs then started to move to the powerbooks when they went G3.
Is it a flop, or is it a goldmine?
I just sighed and thought, wow, guess this will be a black eye when I first heard it. Now they’re supposedly sold out on their opening weekend. Even being a marketing strategy, that certainly bodes well.