Any rumors as to when there will be a new release? I'm kind of chomping at the bit for one of these, but I'm not getting the current one. Thanks beforehand.

I'm waiting for refurbs to show up, but that probably won't happen until there is a newer version.

My guess: Jan-Feb 2011. Hopefully with retina display and FaceTime! I want an iPad badly, but I’m going to wait for generation 2. Something’s bound to improve, if only the cost vs. GB.

I bet your right.

I to would like an iPad but its still sorta dumb down version of an iPhone, just with a larger screen.

My wish list is;

1 - Front and back camera.
2 - The ability to make conference calls, both video or voice. (Without) the other user needing a iPad.

and what you said

I gotta say I hope they improve the screen. Compared to the screens on the newer phones coming out its dot pitch isn't all that great.

The screen on my droid isn't the retina display, but it's dot pitch is fine enough you don't see pixels, and there's no "screen door" effect to it. After viewing it for a couple weeks now I really notice how much sharper it is than other devices.

I picked up the iPod touch last night to play some games, and put it down after about ten minutes because it was giving me a headache. Compared to the droid screen it looks blurry, not to mention tiny. I turned on my old phone to get some photos off I hadn't transferred and couldn't believe how horrible it looked.

Kind of like going from an HDTV back to an old analog set in 1980 with a bent antenna, dials missing and vice grips for your channel changer.

and vice grips for your channel changer.

LOL.. I just had a mental image of a remote control that looks like vice grips.

Couldn't disagree more! The apps for the iPad are so much nicer to use than the iPhone's. The non-native apps I have on my iPad work just fine, but there is so much more you can do with a 10" screen.

The following comparison has probably been overplayed, but it's dead on.

iPhone :: iPad == Bathtub :: Swimming Pool

Waitaminute. I had a phone in 1980 that was as big as a cinderblock. Why do you want to go there?

iPad: not a phone.

I've used Skype a couple times on my iPad. Works just fine. I don't see myself using the capability often, though. As poly said above …it's not a phone.

Just my opinion. Hell, I hate talking on the phone in general. Last year I used about 300 minutes. $100 a year for my goPhone is quite a steal. Might use a little more now that the wife has an iPhone.

And it's more than just an eBook reader.