Here's the link:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/citrix-nirva...

Separately, you see the value of the iPad as high enough to warrant spending another $500+ (above the cost of your notebook and phone) to get a device that would be for scenario-dependent use?

I expect if I had a good tablet, such as the iPad, a similar phenomenon would occur. The iPhone still isn't great for a number of things that can use a bigger screen, but I expect an iPad will allow me to abandon my computer for another 90% of my computer tasks, except for work of course, since my work involves heavy Photoshop and reasonably heavy word processing. (Of course, that's not true of everyone's work, and I also dream someday of a good tablet for my design work, which I believe can be much better than a mouse-keyboard combination…someday.)

I would prefer using a good tablet for web browsing, email, eBook reading (a new task), large-screen gaming, mobile movie viewing (which I do more than in the living room), and probably some other tasks. For example, in my mornings, like today, I read the news online and my email, and would be happier with a tablet than my laptop. The laptop wouldn't even come out. In addition, for a lot of travel, like a 3-day weekend trip or an international trip, I would not even bother to bring my laptop, but would find a tablet a handy tool.

Here's the link:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/citrix-nirva...

Separately, you see the value of the iPad as high enough to warrant spending another $500+ (above the cost of your notebook and phone) to get a device that would be for scenario-dependent use?

I expect if I had a good tablet, such as the iPad, a similar phenomenon would occur. The iPhone still isn't great for a number of things that can use a bigger screen, but I expect an iPad will allow me to abandon my computer for another 90% of my computer tasks, except for work of course, since my work involves heavy Photoshop and reasonably heavy word processing. (Of course, that's not true of everyone's work, and I also dream someday of a good tablet for my design work, which I believe can be much better than a mouse-keyboard combination…someday.)

I would prefer using a good tablet for web browsing, email, eBook reading (a new task), large-screen gaming, mobile movie viewing (which I do more than in the living room), and probably some other tasks. For example, in my mornings, like today, I read the news online and my email, and would be happier with a tablet than my laptop. The laptop wouldn't even come out. In addition, for a lot of travel, like a 3-day weekend trip or an international trip, I would not even bother to bring my laptop, but would find a tablet a handy tool.

As I flew over the USA yesterday and connected to the inflight Wifi using a mix of my desktop and ipod touch – there was a number of tasks that could have been better facilitated through the iPad. So the moments/context where the iPad will work into, is of interest to me

Anecdotally, I've found that if I stop worrying so much while typing on the iPhone and just go fast, the correction algorithm catches and fixes almost all my errors. But if I try to type slowly and deliberately, I actually commit more errors.

Portability is a big issue and the iPad just doesn't meet the need. People have become way too accustomed with carrying a phone-sized device, one that men and women can easily carry on their person. While the iPad could fit into some purses, it definitely doesn't fit into all. Also, what of the male user? How do they tote it? It's not going to be a candidate for a belt clip. So, that means toting a bag or occupying a hand.

With that in mind, I think that as more products like this come out, users will (potentially) begin opening their minds to new types of interaction. Frankly, as much as I like the physical keyboard, it is constraining the amount of size reduction that can be done to a device, while still retaining the “typing” experience. Now, as kids who can quickly input information on touchscreens or by using 10-key on phones grow up, the standard input devices on “systems” may well change.

On a side note, it seems like a number of people have jumped to conclusions about what the iPad will be able to do. While the device cannot do a number of these things, it does reveal a few interesting things.

First, users expect Apple to meet/exceed their expectations, though not always on the first try. For evidence, see the first few generations of the iPod.
Second, the users believe that Apple hears what they say and is responsive.
Third, this all makes things for the iPad product manager very simple because he now has a ready-made requirements document and justifications.