@pt10961. Would have to disagree. You can work on spreadsheets on the iPad via Numbers, Documents to Go, and a few other office suites. You can edit photos on the iPad using a number of applications such as Photogene, PhotForge, Filterstorm, Masque, PixelMagic, and PhotoPad. You can edit videos on the iPad with ReelDirector. A number of companies have been releasing 1.0 versions of IDEs to do development. There are accounting applications, and Neat Receipts is working on an app that will allow you to scan documents and receipts using their portable scanner. Some of these applications are 1.0 versions. If you look at how long (years) these desktop applications took to develop and perfect you will see that they are maturing on the iPad at 1000x the speed they did for the desktop. The iPad has been available for less than 12 months. I'm sure similar apps are (or will be) available for the Android platform as well.
The personal computer landscape is going to change drastically in the next 3-5 years. This of course will continue to change the Internet landscape and business environment. Just as the Apple ][, the IBM PC, the Macintosh, and Palm Pilot were disruptive technology in their times, as will be the iPad. It already has proven to be.
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