During the first part Jobs kept comparing it to a netbook, as you can read here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/l...reation-event/

And now, the catch.... it is supposed to be better at only some stuff. Meh.

Omg but its made by apple and steve jobs held it in his hands! This is the next jesus!

The two biggest disappointments were lack of multi-tasking (soon to be fixed by jailbreaking), and low screen resolution. The iPad is only 1024x768 (http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/).

They're also doing something interesting with the iPhone screen upscaling. During the presenation Steve Jobs mentioned "going to 2X size being full screen. The iPhone's native resolution is 480x320 (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/hom...co=MTAyNTQzMTI), which is not half of the iPad's resolution. I wonder if they're blanking the outside edges, or if they're doing the equivalent of anti-aliasing the iPhone display upwards...

DRM is the biggest failure of the tech industry. A feature that consumers don't want, that gets so much behind it... and gets cracked and cracked. So far, I have been able to consume (legally) all digital content I have wanted with no DRM. Hopefully this will continue in the future.

To fill a niche of consuming Browsing, Email, Photos, Video, Music, Games and eBooks between a smartphone and a laptop.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....088-rm-eng.jpg

How successful said niche will be, I have no idea. I think it will sell, but not lots, won't be a flop either. There are many missing things in crucial areas.

Imo iphone is different It gathered lots of people from the mid end phones and smartphone users that didn't really need it all. The UI is great and i'm not going to deny that.

The thing is. This is a tablet and full web browsing and multitasking is the essence there. Price i guess is only positive, but then the 800-1100 euros i thought it would be was for something more like lite desktop OS X and i really was hyped for Apple making something like that.

To me this device makes zero sense, but then i guess for somebody who bought the N900... it shouldn't.

As far as I can see the iPad is just a shiny bauble designed to be a colourful window into apples stores.. tunes, apps, movies and books..

Would I carry one around with me? No, I'd need a bag, and I'd rather put a laptop in there, and I'd rather not have a bag with me, thank god for the n900... Would I use it at home? No, I have a laptop whose higher res. screen props itself up at a nice angle for viewing..

I can't see the point of it.

For the company that built the Newton, I'm very disappointed. Where is the handwriting recognition?

Hi Millhouse, great to see you back and on top form too. The last time I recall you shooting from the hip like this was over two years ago when you saw the iPhone for the first time. Your friends had bought one over from USA, it wasn’t available in the UK at that point.

LOL you are still having to contend with the same claptrap now as then.

I check in here regularly and it is fascinating to see the same old same old. Three years later and nothing changes here but the world moves on.

Finally, I gave up on enduring the Nokia frustration and bought an iPhone 3GS in the summer.

Frankly I can’t find a phone that I would prefer to have and yes I have trialled the N900 in the London Nokia store. I switched it off when the salesman started pointing out features that were either not yet supported or were under developed and improvements promised to be coming soon.

That was way too much N800 déjà vu for me.

Re iPad, the screen size may a bit big for comfortable usage, but I won’t know until I get to hold one.

Bearing in mind that this will be handheld so it won’t be very far away from the face. My SmartQ7 7” screen is huge after the N800’s 4.3” but seems about right when held like a book .

I am not convinced that I want anything bigger, let alone heavier. I have dropped the Q7 a few times by holding in my left hand and underestimating the weight.

Will I buy one? After my iPhone experience then I am inclined to. My attitude now is that I just reluctantly accept Apple’s limitations and in return I get a phenomenal user experience. Comparatively speaking, that is.

jobs trashed the newton...