iPad Prediction

You know the feeling of annoyance you get when people sit in Starbucks tapping away on their laptops "writing their book", or when people pretentiously look down on other cell phones claiming iPhones can do EVERYTHING any other cell phone can do (even tho that's completely false)?  I think that feeling will explode 100 fold when people inevitably claim the iPad is the best computer they've ever used.  Watch, it's only a matter of time.

The Apple iPad

I am a self proclaimed technology geek.  I get hyped up over just about every new product.  But for some reason, I can't seem to shake the feeling that the iPad is a pretty weird choice for a product.  Think about it.  If someone has an iPhone, buying an iPad would be a complete waste of money, since they're gonna do practically the same thing.  The iPhone would actually be the ideal device since it's smaller, more portable, and doubles as a phone.  The iPad would then only appeal to someone who hasn't purchased an iPhone yet.  Unfortunately for Apple, that's not very many people, since the iPhone is the biggest selling phone in the country.  Who exactly is your target audience then?  Polls don't lie.

Update: Gizmodo completely ripped the iPad for a number of reasons, all of which are rational and pretty irrefutable.  Sorry apple, can't get by on good looks this time.