yes. and to go after another one of matt's points, i doubt the people at nokia, motorola, et al were all that scared of the iphone in the beginning, either. ed colligan, then the ceo of palm, famously said "We've learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They're not going to just walk in." no matter how cool the iphone might have seemed, they just couldn't fathom it doing well in the tightly-controlled mobile space.<p>having said all that, i agree with matt's main point. i'm a little underwhelmed with the ipad as well. the scuttlebutt was that apple had tried making tablet computers for years, but jobs always torpedoed them with "what is this for, other than reading the web on the can?" since they were finally releasing a tablet, i figured they had thought up a compelling use case, other than reading the web on the can. personally, i'm not seeing it.<p>seems foolish to bet against jobs, though. if he thought it was a good product, i think it might catch on.<p>colligan quote here: <a href="http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9110/colligan-laughs-off-iphone-competition/" rel="nofollow">http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9110/colligan-laughs-off-...</a>