The comments on Apple’s iPad are starting to really roll in the best I have found so far is by New York Times David Pogue:
* Like the iPhone, the iPad is really a vessel, a tool, a 1.5-pound sack of potential. It may become many things.
This catches the overall theme of many gadget observers. The offering is not complete but as an eReader it beats the Kindle hands down and as a media viewer it has many advantages but the distinct liability of not supporting Adobe’s Flash . But I get ahead of others:
NYTimes – Three reasons why the iPad will kill the Kindle [but not the Kindle bookstore]
Engadget – many writers at Engadget reach a consensus: iPad as delivered is distinctly flawed
Guardian – bloggers around the world bash the iPad – and then provides links
CNET -iPad unites Apple’s media and mobile ambitions
Cnet again – Apple’s iPad touches a nerve in Redmond.
PCWorld – 10 big mistakes in the iPad
Clearly iPad is not seen as an unbridled second coming success – rather its seen as fledgling with possibilities. Or not a Microsoft Vista more like the first iPhone. Lets see how fast iPad triangulates towards what the market readers/leaders want.