“I pre-ordered a 32GB 3G after looking up e-textbooks.
Next semester I have a history course that has five books, weighing a total of about 15 pounds and costing about $500. The e-versions could fit on the 0.5 pound iPad and cost a total of $225. That pretty much sold me on it!” – Derek

“I have one on reserve for next Saturday. My main use for it will be for web, mail and note taking and such in meetings at the office. I’ll use it at home for casual web surfing and emails. Don’t need the 3G model, I have the iPhone for that. eBooks is where I will be spending money…” – Scott
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I want the world
I want the whole world
I want to lock it
All up in my pocket
It’s my bar of chocolate
Give it to me now – Veruca Salt (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

We want to know why do you want an iPad? What model are you getting? What will you use it for?

“I’m getting the 64GB 3G model as soon as it’s available. I’m going to use it mainly to read ebooks and browse the interactive emags.  It’s a wonderful media consumption device and it is the first true bridge to the new media (print/interactive). I decided to wait for the 3G model because I don’t want any limitations to where I can use it when I’m traveling. I’m tired of all the space books take up.  If everything can be stored on a device and quickly accessed I won’t need to clutter my life with physical books. ” – Kristopher

“I am getting an iPad. 3g 64 gig. I think the iphone is too small and I think my macbook is too heavy. A perfect thing for coffee shops. I can browse the internet, read, and distracted by email. Perfect all in one, so I won’t have to fumble from thing to thing. ” – Shilla . . . continue reading

Did you pre-order your iPad? If you haven’t pre-ordered yet it’s looking like you won’t have a shiny new toy on April 3rd.

Visits to the Apple website today showed that any pre-orders placed now won’t be shipped until April 12th (for the Wi-Fi only, the Wi-Fi+3G is still showing a late April ship date). If you already pre-ordered you’ll still get your iPad on April 3rd. (continue reading…)

“640K is more memory than anyone will ever need” – Bill Gates (1981)

Well since just one eBook alone would fill up 640kb, let’s just acknowledge that Bill Gates was clearly wrong and move right along. (On a side note, supposedly, Bill Gates denies ever saying this quote. I have a lot of things I wish I could deny ever saying too, Bill)

The iPad’s two models (Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G) will each come in three sizes:

Read more about the iPad’s memory options…