Good effort, but lacks some key features:
1. Disappointed in the aspect ratio. 4:3 (1.33:1) I guess is okay to watch 16:9 (1.78:1) movies, but 1.85:1 and 2.39:1 will look small.
2. I could do without a camera, but no front-facing video camera for iChat? C'mon.
3. No GPS. You get assisted GPS with the 3G models, but not the same thing. You do get a compass though, I guess.
4. No WiFi/Bluetooth sync? This one is a dealbreaker for me. I don't want to have to plug into my desktop everytime I want to sync something. And I would love to sync photos/videos from my iPhone wirelessly.
5. Would like to see a repackaged iLife suite (similar to what they did for iWork). Simple iPhoto and iMovie apps. Hell, you can edit videos on the iPhone, why not the iPad (hate, hate, hate that name by the way). These might come in the future from Apple or 3rd party though, who knows.
6. It appears no multi-tasking. I can understand not putting it on the iPhone, but why not for this?
7. Still looks like not flash support (from the live event), although no official word yet. I know HTML5 and java are the future, but flash support in the meantime would be great.
8. I wish Apple would've redesigned the home screen/app layout, not just copied from the iPhone. Looks out of place.
9. 1 inch bezel. Ugh.
10. Pricing. Got excited for a minute when I saw $499. But Top of the line model (64GB + 3G) will cost you $829. Plus $14.99 (250MB) or $29.99 (Unlimited) a month for separate 3G data plan. At least there is no contract though.
11. AT&T. Seriously Apple? What good is my $829 iPad (+$29.99 data plan) driving from Denver to Manhattan? Yes it supports Edge, but that isn't a feature. It's a crutch. And I am worried that the deal Apple struck with AT&T to offer the "breakthrough pricing" for the data plans means Apple had to give something up in return. Like extended exclusivity for AT&T? I want my Verizon iPhone dammit.
Anyway, the app interfaces look great, really fast and smooth. Love the menu pop-ups/fly-overs. Wish they would implement this into iPhone OS 4.0. Also wish the next gen iPhone will be same aluminum housing.
Has internal microphone. So I guess skype will work. But again, no freakin iChat.
