At 29 seconds and 47 seconds, there’s a clearly visible circle at the top.

It’s easy to miss unless the lighting is just right. That’s why the reviewers at the event missed it. Here’s a still shot, but it’s easier to see in the video: http://pic.im/gWq

The only question in my mind is whether the camera will make it into the first release!

I’m sorry my friend, but you’re an idiot. Do you even know what HTML5 is? iPad fully supports HTML5. You are broadcasting your ignorance.

Flash is a pain in the ass, and should be done away with. As a web developer I cringe a little inside when I’m asked to do anything in Flash. Also, Flash is responsible for Farmville… FTL.

I’m not terribly sure where Java comes in… what websites are you going to where lack of Java is a deal-breaker. There’s nothing wrong with the technology, really, but other than uploading Facebook photos (which you can do through iPhoto directly) who really makes any use of Java anyhow??

You don’t have to like the iPad, and you certainly don’t have to buy it. But don’t talk about things you clearly don’t understand.

PS – Those Flash games are mostly inoperable on an interface without a full keyboard/mouse set up anyway – and they probably have better versions on the App Store (which is NOT a cash cow for Apple – look into it, you’ll see) and even many of those are free!

I’ve spent a grand total of $7 on apps and I can do everything I need to do on my iPhone.

I’d just like to point out the the iPad DOES NOT have an HD-resolution display. Minimum resolution HD is 1280 x 720. It will NOT play any HD content at its proper resolution. HD content will have to be scaled on the iPad.

“It’s won’t be the only means of computing, I reckon it’ll be the industry standard though. You can still get your command line on now but much like tinkering in Terminal using a computer as we do now will be a very niche thing to do, almost to the point of the hobbyists of the 80s. “

The iPad is aimed at the casual computing market but no reason why it cannot be used in professional capacities, heck even the iPhone as is is very much in use within the music community at both amateur and professional levels. The limits of this beast are pretty much not needing roads anymore but some you just cannot please because of a lack of support for something which isn’t there for a damn good reason. Cloud computing, that’s a whole other thing, also the future but one that will meet with resistance if only because your files aren’t where you are in complete command.

I think this’ll be fun and I feel like two things should result from this, the obliteration of Flash as a web standard (any site which demands Flash without degrading gracefully without it has no business being online) and getting to watch everyone scatter like ants to play catch up again.

I think you’re right that the incumbent geeks with their preconceived ideas about how computers should be are the ones who are experiencing the most trouble with this. Once one lets go of the idea that it all has to happen on that one device they’re physically touching, a whole world of possibilities emerges. The so-called iGeneration already gets this, and those who are not tech-savvy are not predisposed against it.

Numbers are going to be the key. Will enough people be open to this alternate model to outweigh those who are opposed? It’ll be interesting to watch.

To us, that’s a huge paradigm shift: no file/folder/desktop system, no byzantine subsystem, just apps? That is the future of computing, no doubt. Like Maniac said, the guys in the middle will be the target audience, semi computer literate but not geeks. We like to tinker and basically control the horizontal and vertical but this, this is taking computing away from us and putting it into the hand of Joe Six-Pack for the first time, let’s just say some collective nerd weiners have gone down to a semi right now.

The first Macintosh, changed the game of computing. The iPod, changed the game of portable digital music. The iPhone, changed the game of smartphones and I reckon the iPad will change the game of casual computing.

But “what about multitasking, Flash (blech) and ?” you might ask. Well, what about them? Rev A people, Rev A. See how far the iPod and iPhone have come since their Rev A days? Expect big things.