Nu har recensionerna börjat dyka upp från de journalister som fått testa iPad innan vanliga dödliga får lägga vantarna på dem. Överlag mycket positiva ordlag i dessa recensioner. Många tror att Apple har potentialen att med iPad få ännu en Game Changer som iPod och iPhone.

Andy Ihnatko – Chigaco Sun-Times
It’s a computer that many people have been wanting for years: a slim, ten-hour computer that can hold every document, book, movie, CD, email, picture, or other scrap of data they’re ever likely to want to have at hand; with a huge library of apps that will ultimately allow it to fulfill nearly any function; and which nonetheless covers the dull compulsories of computing (Mail, the web, and Microsoft Office-style apps) so well that there will be many situations in which this 1.5-pound slate can handily take the place of a laptop bag filled with hardware and accessories.

David Pogue – The New York Times
The simple act of making the multitouch screen bigger changes the whole experience. Maps become real maps, like the paper ones. You see your e-mail inbox and the open message simultaneously. Driving simulators fill more of your field of view, closer to a windshield than a keyhole. The new iBooks e-reader app is filled with endearing grace notes. For example, when you turn a page, the animated page edge actually follows your finger’s position and speed as it curls, just like a paper page.

Walt Mossberg – All Things Digital
If people see the iPad mainly as an extra device to carry around, it will likely have limited appeal. If, however, they see it as a way to replace heavier, bulkier computers much of the time—for Web surfing, email, social-networking, video- and photo-viewing, gaming, music and even some light content creation—it could be a game changer the way Apple’s iPhone has been.

Edward Baig – USA Today
The iPad is not so much about what you can do — browse, do e-mail, play games, read e-books and more — but how you can do it. That’s where Apple is rewriting the rulebook for mainstream computing.

Tim Gideon – PC Mag
But having used the iPad for some time, I can tell you that the device just makes sense. When you combine basic-but-essential work tools with iWork, an improved browser, e-mail, iPod, and photo applications, a well-executed e-Book platform with iBooks, and throw in thousands of downloadable apps and games, and package it all in a gorgeous, slim slate with a beautiful 9.7-inch touch screen, you have yourself a winner.

Så nu är det bara att sitta här hemma och vänta på att den ska lanseras även här i Sverige. Rykten går nu att det är den 24 April som gäller för de första länderna utanför USA som kommer få den. Eftersom den enligt specarna inte ens har svenskt tangentbord får vi troligen vänta ännu ett tag. Kanske ända tills iPhone OS 4.0. Kanske ses Sverige som en så liten marknad att de kan tänka sig att släppa både en ny iPhone och iPad’en här samtidigt.