Just to play devil’s avocate for a second - on a different site, a fellow held much the same position as yourself. Determined to prove his assertions, he went to his local AAPL Store and actually played with a real iPad. When he left, he said something like, “It is magical, amazing. I was wrong. See my new iPad?”
Just saying.
Don’t believe that for the ipad. I’d love a functional tablet PC, even have a business application for it to use.
The ipad doesn’t have enough power to do much except be an expensive kindle.