Ironic because the established tablets, UMPC's, MID's et al have not sold in higher numbers despite "being better" by all of their fans.

Ironic because the iPad is honestly a rather flawed device yet it's selling like hotcakes.

Ironic because it's crossed over from luxury item and/or hacker toy into computer that savvy and non-savvy folks use.

Ironic because the competition is floundering whereas it is not.

I'm on the side of finding a tablet myself... but my requirements are a bit different. I don't even need root. I just need to be able to use what I need to use (cbr/cbz, web, IM, video IM, e-mail, ability to view flash based webpages)... and it falls short in this iteration and yet no other sizable tablet outside of the Dell Streak (not yet released in the US) does what I want.

Nokia left the tablet market at the wrong time.