The rumors are finally rumors no more.  The iPad is out.

When the iphone came out it was clear it was going to change phones.

the iPad… hmmmm…. where does it fit?  what does it advance?   what experience does it enhance?

the only obvious thing I see right now is video gaming and ebooks/publishing.

but……  10 hour battery life makes it a tough tough tough thing to compete with good ol’ paper.

There’s a lot of talk about Digital Publishing… new form of newspaper.  I just don’t buy it.  If the browser wasn’t a good medium for newspapers, there’s really no basis to assume the iPad will be.

There’s a killer application in education for this.  It’s actually functional enough to act as a digital library and a computing tool.