The bottom line is that the iPad has tons of potential to be a huge hit for Apple, as well loved by its users as the iPod touch and iPhone.
It'd be hard to have an iPad as your sole computer, since you need to sync it with iTunes on a traditional Mac or PC - or you're OK with getting all of your content via the App Store, iTunes Store, and iBookstore (which wasn't running on the demos yet).
AT HOME:Each Home screen can hold 20 app icons plus the ever-present bottom four
Still, the hardware is solid, the touchscreen works beautifully, and the potential for innovative software is through the roof. Once you pick one up, it's hard to put down.
Just ask the patient Apple employees who gently repeated, "We're getting ready to close it down," over and over until we finally left the demo room.
IPAD SYNCING:An intriguing File Sharing screen in the Settings app hints at over-the-air syncing to come
All photos by Paul Curthoys atMacLife.com
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