ok maybe Im wrong,

After originally rambling to colleagues and the like about the iPad not going to do well due to a number of technical limitations around both the hardware and software I have decided that ok maybe it will take off.
It has happened prior, Dulux is a point in case while not the best paint on the market it managed to keep up with the competition as a product of good advertising, after talking to a few not technically orientated the iPad is already a hit despite the name.
Steve has managed once again to create a sense of wonder around apples new device, "Our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price." while I doubt your going to see any unicorns rocking up around the iPad (and imho "unnbelievable price" is correct for a whole different reason ) the sense of awe appears to have transcended to the general public.
The iPad while technically not up to scratch when compared to a number of other vendors in this arena ( and to be honest even some of the ebook readers are more compelling ) it appears it will do well once again due to the fact its an apple...
As I mentioned on Johns comment regarding this yesterday my only concern is around h.264 being pushed as the default codec in what is supposed to be an open standard (html5), with google pushing it in the youtube beta and apple already supporting it, if this is the way of the internet browsing future things are not looking to hot for mozilla.