iPad launch

iPad was launched on Saturday April 3rd. According to some analysts, the demand was a little bit under-whelwing given the huge hype leading up to the launch.

Tonight NPR had a special session devoted to iPad. Walt Mossberg of WSJ was on the program. It appears that Walt still thinks iPad is just a replacement for laptop. I think that is really a wrong assessment of iPad's potential. Like I said before, iPad is NOT meant to be just another cool gadget. It is meant to replace print media such as newspaper, magazine, and book.

The success of iPad will NOT be determined by the hardware, but by the software application. Will people use iPad as an alternative to print media? I certainly think so and hope so.

WSJ today had a full page ad showing the Journal on iPad. Really cool!