iPad Press Embargo Lifted

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I’d apologize for the amount that I’ve been talking about the iPad here on Perpetual Beta, but it’s only because I really do believe that it has the potential to be a genre-defining device, something new that changes the technology landscape. I hope that you can put up with just a bit more.

Last night, the Apple press embargo lifted on the iPad, and several of the digiterati showed off the device, as well as posted their reviews. Here’s two good videos of the device, the first from Walt Mossberg, tech guru from the Wall Street Journal, and the second is a special edition of MacBreak Weekly featuring Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago Sun-Times showing off what he’s learned while having an iPad for a week longer than the rest of us mere mortals.

Things I think are really key for libraries: the consolidation of the various eBook stores onto a single device, the ability, for the first time, to really have a good experience with Graphic Novels on a digital device, and the all-in-one media consumption that the iPad provides.

Walt Mossberg Video Review

MacBreak Weekly 188: iPad Revealed!