&#62;&#62;Edit: Also hearing so many people saying: "My mom should get one of these" is really them saying "I wont buy it, but someone else should". Really makes me ponder just how successful it really will be.<p>The device is not targeted towards the people you interact with on the web right now.  All Hacker Newsies* are sufficiently tech literate that the costs of the device in terms of lost freedoms outweigh the ease-of-use gains.  Ditto for basically anyone commenting or blogging on the "tech" internet<i></i>.  Over in the other internets^, you'll likely find people who would like that tradeoff, but they won't really start talking about it until it ships.  If you drop around those places in March-May as the devices roll out, you'll see more "I want one" posts.  In fact, I know at least one car enthusiast who is already planning on building his dashboard around an iPad.<p>Mac News/rumor sites are unenthusiastic because their average commenter owns an iMac, a MacBook, and an iPod Touch.  They were looking for an excuse to whip out their credit cards, and it's not for them.<p>TL;DR - you're looking in the wrong place.<p>* - there an official term?<p>^ - there are multiple "internets" because there's minimal intersect between the community niches.