Macworld has published a good article describing the various ways that “Joe the Plumber” (aka “Bob the Zamboni-driver” here in Canada) will use an iPad on a day-to-day basis. The thing to remember when you look at the iPad is that it is not a laptop computer, it’s a household appliance. I really like the way that Macworld has broken this down, and can definitely see myself using the iPad as they’ve described — although, I’m really going to try to avoid the bathroom scenario.
You can read the original Macworld article here.
Mike is a former sysadmin and embedded developer, who worked on several prototype tablet devices way back in the dot-com era. He's also a non-practicing physicist and a big fan of anything resembling a tablet computer (or a telescope).