[ExI] iPAD hype?

[samantha]

Post Futurist wrote:
> The current issue of Newsweek says iPAD will revolutionize it all, 
> including "reading" and "watching".
> What is it going to be? wall size HD? a holodeck? why the hype? it is 
> good enough on the face of it; why the oversell? why do these things 
> have to be made to sound like the Second Coming?

There is a lot of hype.  On the other hand I know of very few people 
that have actually used on that did not want one of their own ASAP.  It 
is a great little product.  Will it replace laptops?  Over my dead body! 
  At least as long as it has proprietary locked down software and no 
multi-tasking that is user accessible.   However, many laptop owners 
don't use their machines for a great deal more than the iPad provides. 
So the iPad may have an effect on laptop and especially netbook markets 
although it is not as capable as either.

What I would love is a laptop where the entire bottom half of the clam 
shell was a big multitouch pad.  It is past time to get beyond the WIMP 
interface.

- s