the ipad and reading
Phone calls, texting, and everything else that requires the cell radio or GPS constitutes less than 20% of what I do with my iPhone. To me it already is a device for media consumption, mostly reading, and lots of it. Reading news feeds, tweets, emails, blogs, and the vast reaches of the web are really the key functionality that I get out of my iPhone. If the activity of reading alone is a 20% better experience on the iPad, then even a Wi-Fi only model is at least as valuable to me as my phone.
But reading won’t be 20% better. From all the videos, tours, and previews, reading looks to be far and away better on iPad than it is on the iPhone. It’s clear that making reading a better experience is the cornerstone of the device. From its magazine form factor to its new bookstore, the iPad is geared towards making reading on an electronic device more simple and effective than ever.
The ‘phone’ component of my iPhone is really the least significant part of the device to me. I’m not planning to dump my iPhone anytime soon, but I easily see spending more time with my iPad than any other electronic device outside of my work computer.