Doubters? Ed, you can't be serious. What it "might become" is not relevant when you're buying it for $500 now. And what do they have now? The most expensive app that you listed is $40. Maybe it's pretty good, but how does it measure up to their PC and regular Mac competitors, like PowerTracks and GarageBand? The WIVI app, for example, is more or less their demo program and is vastly inferior to the real version. There's no way that Wallander Instruments is going to virtually give away their expensive main product to Apple iPad and iPhone users. By the time these things mature, their competitors will probably be way ahead of them in other ways.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the iPad. It's an interesting idea and maybe it will one day be seen as revolutionary. But for right now, it just looks like a lot of hype. And if it ever gets as good as you say, I don't think anyone will be penalized much for not being an early adopter.

I'll wait and use what I have. Besides, I don't know why, but the iPad just doesn't appeal to me at all. I saw it Friday at Best Buy and I walked right on by.