You need to hang out in different places. Just ran into a mob of iPad users at Barnes & Noble.
Lol, yeah I hear you. Many of the apps are just shallow shells. There are some gems to be found (even for games) but they're the exceptions.
They're maemo and MeeGo... "Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...