Is the iPad the Future, or Just a Clever Mockup?

I'm not sure: I think its virtual keyboard needs to do a lot better a job at giving feedback to touch-typists before the iPad can place itself on the path to world domination. But I'm also a person who for a decade thought that Apple Computer was about to breathe its last.

Charles Stross plays with an iPad:

Gadget Patrol: iPad - Charlie's Diary: [T:]his isn't a PC or Macintosh or UNIX experience, this is something New.... A lot of attention has also gone into making the user interface...