The thing is that the iPad is not a computer in the sense we're used to think about that word.<p>Would you want root access to your microwave, your alarm-clock, your TV or your stereo system? Maybe you would I don't know, but I probably wouldn't. TVs are not developed on TVs, and it's similar for the iPad. Yes, technically it could do a lot of things you would want it to do because its components are so similar to a "regular" computer, but it's not what it is for.