The video on the iPad page more or less proofs it’s purpuse: it’s THE couch device. Even the basic version seems good enough for most purposes: internet surfing, watching video, reading books and magazines, looking at your pictures.
I bet soon every member of your family will have his or her own iPad: we want to simultaneously watch a video, read a book, play a game. And with the keyboard dock, the tablet will replace laptops and desktops for many people.
Surprisingly it doesn’t seem to have a camera, which means it won’t be the ultimate ichat device. But i’m sure a future version will come with a camera, just another reason to upgrade to a newer version at some point.
It’ll be interesting to see what other hardware manufacturers are going to come up with to compete with the iPad. Problem for the competition is that software is such a big part of the iPad, it’s not just about the hardware.
