When the iPad was first announced, my initial reaction was that the iPad looks like mostly a really big iPod Touch. For most people, it will probably be used that way. Can it be used as a traditional computer too? Can you replace your previously very cool and compact netbook with one of THESE?
As the owner of ByteMarks, an Apple Authorized Reseller, I can sell Apple’s computers, but I cannot, for now, sell iPads. Does that mean that Apple considers the iPad as a really big iPod Touch and not a computer? Not necessarily.
In my humble opinion, I think Apple has bigger and better things in store, and the iPad is merely the beginning of greater things to come. The iPad comes with all the features of an iPod Touch, like iTunes, Mail, Safari, Maps, Calendar, Contacts, etc. The fact that the iPad comes with the iPad version of iWork, allowing the consumer to create and view documents, spreadsheets and presentations, tells me that the iPad is a computer, not just your portable media companion.
What do you think is next?