Dick1950

People who compare the iPad to a Laptop, Net book or even the iPhone don't get it. The iPad is a complete game changer on how we read books and magazines, watch video, listen to music, take notes, keep a calendar, surf the web, read email etc.d Think of the iPad as a PAD. Anywhere you would carry a pad of paper to take notes etc, the iPad will be used instead. It will have your calendar, your email, your personal notes, internet access. You will takes notes, make sketches, check email etc on it. And it does it all in an elegant, easy to use way. I suggest readers view the video on the iPad on the Apple web site. It gives a hint of the possibilities. Bill Gates predicted at least five years ago that the tablet computer is the way of the future. Gates was right but couldn't get his geeky product to actually work and be useful. The iPad is not perfect yet, but in a year or two it will have tremendous capability. Remember the critics of the iPhone when it was introduced. These critics didn't even consider the "apps" that would be created. In just a couple of years there are 140,000 apps with 1.4 billion downloads. Just imagine the creativity that is being unleashed when developers have a large multi-touch screen, lots of computer power and 3G (and 4G) internet connections. The iPad will have Sketch-up and much, much more that we haven't yet even dreamed of.