The Apple iPad

Well ever since the iPad has been announced, I have been listening to the opinions of every day computer users, technical people, and also elderly people.
For me personally, the iPad has absolutely no use besides to sit on my desk and look pretty, I already own a 2nd gen iPod Touch, and a desktop computer, which I can play games on.
Also, a 1024×768 screen resolution is very old school, I’d rather have 1280×720 for at least a 720p screen on a device of that price.
There is cool parts of the iPad, which are, the eBook reader in full color, which maybe I could actually read a book, with it. Also, the way it shows Mail, Notes and default applications, with the list of emails, or all the notes on the sidebar.
Even the larger virtual keyboard would be nicer to type on for using such clients as Colloquy Mobile and also have that larger screen resolution to be able to read it.
One thing, I did not like is that fact it cant do true multi-tasking, and yes push notifications can be considered multi-tasking, but not in my world.

To sum it up, here are my pro’s and con’s of the iPad:
Pros:
Large enough screen for people of all ages to read
Larger virtualized keyboard
the “iBook” store for full color screen book reading.
The pay as you go 3G and Wifi functionality
Built in microphone for doing things as Skype calling
Large storage capacity
Allowing iPhone apps to work

Cons:
The 4:3 screen resolution, no support of 16:9 for the new widescreen standard videos
No true multi-tasking
The pricing on the Wifi+3G models are too expensive for this current economy.

Overall, yes Apple did do a very nice job on a device of this size, there are things that can be improved, that may end up getting improved in the next generations to follow.
After weighting the pros, with the cons, I still won’t buy the first generation, maybe the 2nd generation or 3rd generation.

Leaving your comments would be much appreciated!