Thoughts on Apple's iPad and its impact on the industry

        Apple is notorious for releasing new products that really shake the market up, and the iPad is no exception.  People asked for a netbook, a tablet, and a macbook equivalent tablet - and Apple gave them none of it.  Instead, they were given the iPad.  The iPad is an interesting product, in the fact that it has the iPhone's base software with some scaled up hardware; the touchscreen and processor recieved a boost.  It is locked into iTunes, and can't multitask.  So... what exactly is it supposed to do?