However, hasn't anyone learned yet not to buy the first Apple implementation of anything? I don't know what you're talking about. I bought the first iPhone mo

However, hasn't anyone learned yet not to buy the first Apple implementation of anything? I don't know what you're talking about. I bought the first iPhone model, and while it was a deeply flawed device in several ways, the overall ownership experience was amazing. Besides being the most solid example of "1.0" hardware I'd purchased in a long time, it just kept getting better after the sale, with various new features and performance improvements coming out every few weeks. Almost every complaint I had, from stability to the lack of an SDK, was eventually remedied. Apple seemed to be committed to the overall ownership experience to an extent that was unlike any other hardware vendor I'd ever dealt with. It was only much later that they started removing features, enforcing absurd contract terms, micromanaging the scope of the user's experience, and generally acting like a company run by Mormons and led by Tipper Gore. I'd say the early iPhone ownership experience was a solid 9/10 on the warm-fuzziness scale, and now it's a 4 at best. For its part, the first-gen iPad contains no revolutionary or untried technologies that weren't already shipped in the iPhone, and its only real problem is inadequate WiFi reception. There have been some complaints about the iPad's charger damaging iPhones as well. Other than that, the iPad delivers exactly what it says on the box. It doesn't really need a faster processor, but I imagine a lot of people will find a front-facing camera useful.