The iPad doesn't quite live up to the hype. It's "fun to play with," write Ker Than and Robert Roy Britt for LiveScience, but "it's hard to figure out what role it fills that some other device doesn't do much better." A sampling of shortcomings:
- "Portability, shmortability": You still need to schlep it around like a laptop, and though it's only 1.5 pounds, using it for any length of time still takes a toll on the wrists. Plus, it's slippery.