What do you do when an ash cloud has you stuck in California?
Go to the Apple Store and play with the iPads!
Our local store has 25 demo iPads and last week there was a bit of a scrum to get your hands on one.
It's really just an iTouch, with a fantastically huge screen. I spend a lot of time trying to read emails and web pages on my iPhone, so the larger screen is like, WOW, who turned on the lights!
You do not NEED one of these, and it will not replace a laptop. But you will WANT one. I think sit this out and wait for the second generation though.
PS -- hope we are home soon. Meanwhile, we'll try to bear it.
