This announcement would have to if it weren’t for my kids…2 out 3 of them were fairly ecstatic about the prospect of owning one

So thinking on that I can see a fit for it

If my children go on the computer now its to email…surf…play games…chat…mostly all those things at the same time (and a little bit of school work)

At the moment they are yoked to the chair in front of the pc…or withthe laptop on their…well…lap

I can see the iPad should the price come down and with a few bobbins added in the future being the device of choice in a family situation…i’m going to make my kids start saving right away

I can envisage them doing all the above…taking the thing round the house…bedroom…lounge…kitchen…sharing want they’ve found…what they are looking at

I can imagine them reading books…magazines…newspapers…blogs…playing multiplayer games…watching tv…streaming spotify

Stick a roast and a big pot of tea into the mix and you’ve got yourself a nice lazy sunday afternoon

If Apple are being cute with this they could offer family iPad packages…3 for the price of 1…or free with a new imac

It also could be a dream for education…which I think has struggled to find a neat way of getting IT into the hands of all its pupils…I’m sure someone will link it to smartboards or make it easy to download stuff in the classroom

Probably all a bit pie in the sky…and I’ll wait a year or so before seeing if its worth getting involved…for sure were Apple leads others will follow anyway…but I think it could find its niche somewhere and eventually become mainstream

It does hit me as quite gimicky, but then, perhaps later versions and software updates will make it a more useful piece of technology!

It will be interesting to see how it sells when it actually gets released in the UK.