Apple posted the guided tours for the iPad. The photo app is pretty awesome, kind of like a touch version of iPhoto. The ability to hook up a camera, either with USB or a SD card reader, is a major plus. This basically means the laptop can stay home. Better yet, goodbye PowerBook (I was going to replace it anyway with the advent of Snow Leopard) and hello 27" iMac.
The iPod app is really cool, again more like iTunes than the iPod. Safari has tabs and a bookmark toolbar. I think the iBooks App is going to be great, but I would like to see this ported to the Mac and the iPhone. (Been wondering, too, if the ibooks are in my iTunes then will I be able to open them on my Mac?) The real killer here, in my opinion, is the iWorks Apps. For 30 bucks, $10 for each, these are a steal. I can see myself using the Pages App, as I long ditched Word on my PB years ago.
What struck me is how the video shows it being used and held in the lap like a laptop. (Apple no longer refers to its portables as laptops. There're notebooks now due to the increasing heat they give off.)
Personally I'm waiting on the 3G version. I think the access deal with AT&T is a good deal. Especially since it comes with free wifi at AT&T hotspots. Everyone who have been bitching about it being just an iPod Touch with a bigger screen just don't seem to get it. Yeah, sure a true tablet version of Mac OS X would have been cool, but I think it would have been way too overwhelming. This is like when the Mac first came out and everyone thought it was just a toy. My bet is we're gonna be flooded with imitations. Including one from Redmond.
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