I have had an opportunity, thanks to a generous friend, to use an iPad for several hours over the past week. During that time, I showed it to roughly 2 dozen people and managed to collect some of their first impressions.

On January 27th, in the year twenty-ten, Steve Jobs announced to the world Apple’s latest creation, the iPad. People are still trying to figure out if it’s a laptop replacement or a Kindle killer. They also want to know whether they need one.