My iPad should be delivered tomorrow. I had no intention of buying one. But.............I was using a Kindle for reading material. I'm not an avid reader, but like having the conveninece of an electronic reader. I decided that based on kindle pricing and the iPad, it was worth the price as an upgrade. I sold my Kindle on Craiglist in a few hours of posting it there and got what I consider a very fair price.

I hope to experiment with pdf fake sheets on the iPad, they work that will be a bonus, if they don't that's fine, I didn't buy it for it's ability to display sheet music. If the pdf function works out then it will do triple duty, lead sheets, mp3s and my main intention is to use it as an e-book reader. It should also come in handy for viewing my electronic magazine subscriptions. I recently stopped paper subscriptions since they tend to pile up and only collect dust. I'm using an app known as Zinio ( on the PC or Mac) for the subscriptions, it's great. Monthly subscription notifications come via e-mail. The one screen viewing works well and has the ability to print all or any of the articles you'd want hard copies of.

Yea, I know first gen has a lot to be desired. There's a very interesting in depth video on Mac Break Weekly with Andy Ihnatko the tech writer at the Chicago Sun Times and Alex Lindsay another Apple geek. If you have any interest in the iPad I recommend watching this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty6Hjs0NpDs