I had a chance to experiment with a display model tonight, after a week of testing Honeycomb programs with the emulator. It's definitely a slick piece of hardw

I had a chance to experiment with a display model tonight, after a week of testing Honeycomb programs with the emulator. It's definitely a slick piece of hardware, and it's very fast. Video looks good. Without a Google account or a network connection, I could only test a few applications. The first-party Google apps looked great. The third-party apps looked promising but immature, though I expect them to improve rapidly. The glass seemed to hold a few more fingerprints than the iPad, or perhaps they're just more noticable against the dark holographic theme of the desktop. As consumer, I'd be drooling over the hardware but holding off for a month or two. As a developer, I'm buying one tomorrow—this is a sweet machine to hack for, and I can live with a few rough edges.