Same story as with the iPhone. When it first came out I laughed out loud: $600 for a locked in device with a crappy network? No thanks. Guess what my phone now is?<p>I think the conventional wisdom for Apple products can be applied here: don't buy the first gen device. Think about it this way, right now the iPad starts at $499. I mean that's almost two netbooks... On the other hand what if the next generation one is 2-3 times cheaper, with a better screen, etc. Where I wouldn't buy a $500 iPad, I might consider a $200 iPad.