ok, unless you live on another planet, I'm guessing
most of you already know that Apple just announced yesterday (here in San Francisco), their latest newest iPad 3 model.

As a longtime fanboy of the original iPad 1,
I just took the plunge and pre-ordered
the 64 Gb model Apple iPad 3, with WiFi + 4G LTE (Verizon data carrier).

Though I still love & use my iPad 1st gen 'every day' for:

Web browsing, email, Contacts, Calendar
Video & Voice Tel. Calls & IM (Skype)
Media Consumption: streaming TV shows & news, movies, YouTube
Word Processing, Spreadsheets
Graphics & Photo Editing Apps & Display
Music Production & Music Display Apps
Games Galore

Though I passed on the iPad 2, I now decided to take the plunge and upgrade to iPad 3 to gain its awesome new double the HD resolution screen,
as well as Ipad 3's new much improved 5MP camera and the iPad 3's 4G LTE speed, which is already widely available in my area. I realize that the price of admission is
a bit more than other tablet competitors, and that the iPad continues to lack expandable storage , and Siri software (included on the iPhone 4S) ,
but where Apples RULES is in the quality & vast number of apps, and simple yet elegant form and function creating an extremely satisfying OS experience,
and above all, Apple's renowned build build quality & reliability (I never experienced a problem with my iPad 1).

Mine is scheduled to be delivered next Friday. I'm really excited.
I'll post my first hand feedback once I've had a chance to explore it a little.

Scott