Same here with my original one. Back in august when I proposed getting it iwas advised to just wait until Feb for the new and improved one that would handle Flash. Ad have a camera.

Just think of all the use I have had for these months. When I do sit at my iMac I have to erase hundreds of emails to keep currant.

Love my iPad I.

Might get the iPad 3 this Christmas.
Dave

I still think that Apple will keep on the same schedule for the iPads -- March is the time frame. Remember, Steve said it is the "Year of the iPad 2". If they did update this year, I think it would be the first product updated in same year. So I am not buying into the rumors

I agree John

Apple seems to major upgrades every 12 to 16 months. With iPods seem to be for the holiday season. The yearly WWDC seems to be for software upgrades, with minor updates in between.

The iPad NEEDS better cameras—maybe not for everyone, but for certain people:

* People who want to take high-quality stills, not just video, and not just casual quick memories. Good, multi-MP still photography. I’m one of those people.

* AND who also don’t already have a good camera. (One probably a lot more portable than a tablet.) Luckily, I’m not one of those people—I have an iPhone 4.

Wait... people who WANT good stills, can afford an iPad, but don’t yet own a camera... That’s about 4 people on the planet.

OK, then I guess it’s OK that the iPad’s cameras are for video

P.S. I actually use the rear cam a lot for FaceTime. Showing the other person what you see is surprisingly useful—one of those things that’s not obvious until you use it.

True.

As for me as a construction superintendent. We constantly take photos and email them, to architects, engineers and inspectors - not to mention conference calls 2 to 4 times a week.

Before - I would have to run out in the field take the photos - run back to the office, upload from camera, massage the photo using MS crapy photo editor. Fashion an email with explanations, attach the photo, click send <-- wait for response, normally the next day - which is a day late.

Now with iPhone4, I can do all of that from the field - With the iPad larger screen, makes that even sweeter, with FaceTime even better yet <-- only problem is they need to have Apple products.

Anyway, doing that process in the field will save me hours a day.

Neat! Sounds like a great use. The photos are even geotagged (if taken outside, anyway).

Right. and geotagging really does help to, more so in civil work. Plus now days civil work is being done by 3D GPS to begin with, so that would tie in even better.

That would be great, but think we are heading to the iGirl thing.

Dave

Easy come, easy go. Just sold it. Got more money from selling it, dang it, wish I had bought more! Anyway, my wife had decided that she didn't really want one yet as she was still using her iPhone more than the ipad and I wasn't sure that I really wanted one right now.

I am trying to use less electronics lately because I felt that I was spending more time on them than with family

Well, if she's happy with what she has there's no need to buy something you don't use all that much. Does she use your Mac much, or does she mostly use the iPhone?

I use my iPad so much that I've already decided to skimp out on my next iMac's specs. No need for the 27" screen if i'm barely going to look at it.