Exactly my point. I stopped by the campus Tech Zone store (the campus computer store) and played with an ipad for a bit; since I was thinking about these things.
I came away from it with two views: 1) I loved how fast it was and the screen quality. Its performance is stellar. I wish my Droid responded as quickly. 2) I did not like how a lot of the apps did not provide any ability to pinch and zoom to change text size. i.e., NY Times app is fixed font; iBooks is fixed font (although you can select, like on the Kindle, from different fixed text sizes. But many of the apps were that way. Popular science appeared to not be text, but photos, that were not zoomable. Ironically, PDFs in the iBooks app could pinch and zoom - and that was implemented very nicely. 3) I wished it had stufff like the Galaxy Tab has -- like removable memory cards; 2 cameras.
I also realized - thinking about what I saw with the Galaxy Tab video - that in many ways it would be much smarter for someone to wait until the SECOND generation of the ipad, when it probably incorporates some of those missing things (somehow I doubt we'd ever seem removable memory from Apple, but I could be wrong). But given the iphone and ipod touch's front/rear cameras, I'd be shocked if it were not to include those. Plus the weight of the device leaves something to be desired. That said, I can see the appeal. Its a cool toy. Is it needed? NO, but half of the stuff we get or want isn't "needed"
I am looking forward to the day when I can play with a similar Android tablet and go head to head.
