> This part irks me most. Apple just created a larger iPhone.
Actually, this meme is irking me. Look at the interface on the iPad, it is not just a big iPhone interface. It has its own unique elements that allow it to work. There is real thought going into this.
>The iPad is just the iPhone experience with a larger screen and some extra apps.
I think this will be important. It's an enrichment of the iPhone experience instead of a denigration of the laptop experience. A user comes to it familiar with an iPhone and finds it faster, more useful, etc. A user comes to a netbook and feels cramped because it's worse than what it's imitating.
It's not the step I'm referring to really, so much as the expectations of the form factor. I've never had a smart phone, but I don't think I would sit down and try to do what I do on a laptop with it. However, were I to buy a netbook, that's exactly what I would do.
It's a small point among many, but from the human perspective I think it will significantly impact their reception to the iPad.
Actually, this meme is irking me. Look at the interface on the iPad, it is not just a big iPhone interface. It has its own unique elements that allow it to work. There is real thought going into this.