i work in tech retail, and because of this will not be able to actually avoid the ipad even if i wanted to.

i think people have been unfair towards it in alot of ways, it does have its limitations in the lack of flash support etc, but for a device thats meant to be a simple and easy way of consuming media its actually fantastic.

i've worked with almost every product apple have to offer, and while they're not for me personally (gimmie the laptop, ps3 and my n900) i can see why people are interested in them for what fits their own lifestyle......which is more important than other peoples opinions anyway.