There’s really nothing else to say about the iPad that hasn’t been said in the past 24 hours. People already love it or hate it. I’m getting two of them. Seriously. My wife would kill me if I got one and she didn’t. I still remember the look of sadness on her face when she switched on her brand new SonyEricsson crap-phone after a friend brought me my first iPhone from NY. Two weeks later, she had one as well.

And I can’t wait to read comics on it. Preferably I’d see my graphic novel The Portent end up on it as soon as possible. I haven’t talked to ComiXology about it yet but I’m sure they will make a killer app for it.

Here’s big THANK YOU to Steve Jobs – this is the product I’ve been waiting for since 1976.

Now, if some people could just open their eyes for five minutes and see the iPad for what it really is and not the be-all end-all for all people. It’s the internet device for the rest of us, just like the iPhone is. I bought a Sony Vaio W one week ago. I like it. But it has Windows 7 on it. I hated it from day one but I’ve learned to live with it. A little. Had I known the iPad was just a few months away I would still have bought the little bugger. Because I need it now, but when the iPad arrives the blighted thing is a goner.

So, will I use the iPad just to read comics? No, of course not. As an e-boook reader I’m sure it will be aces as well. I’ve read six full length books on my iPhone and with a screen size four times that of the iPhone… well… it’s probably better don’t you think? And it’s got Pages, Mail and Safari The only apps I actually use.

So, people who whine about locked-in software, no multitasking and everything else that seems to matter the world to some – buy something else or save your money for the next best thing. I’m sure you’ll love the Zune Pad.

Here’s a link to SvD who made a pretty good unbiased article about it.

SvD