>>What do you think for travelling. I think its a little too big to be easily portable. Not the sort of thing you'd get out on the tube or a crowded train. Also if its heavy and you have to hold it with one hand while using it how does that feel after say an hour ?
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>>I haven't "held it up" for an hour, so I really can't say. I'm not sure I'd want to "hold it up" for an hour while using it.
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>>When I first picked up an iPad, it was a bit heavier than I thought it would be. But I'm now finding the weight to be less of an issue.
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>>Funny you mention a train, I'm travelling on an Amtrak train very soon and will find out.
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>I guess we could ask the guy in the tv commercial - you know the one - he's sitting out in the sun trying to read and he's holding it like a book. :o) If he wasn't holding it like a book, I wonder if he would get "toasted skin?" :o)
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>Seriously though, I'm still a book person. I like books and I prefer black and white when reading but color for everything else. The iPad sounds great to me for what I would use it for - a portable communication device with a screen I could actually see :o) (email, internet browsing, short videos, etc...) but for development I think I would stick to my laptop (with a fan stand) :o) Until of course someone invents a floating keyboard... :o)

Agreed. For a reading device it's hard to beat the Kindle. But the iPad has its niche. It's for viewing, not typing. One of its features that may be undernoticed is that you can easily pass it around.