First off, let me set the record straight: I’m an Apple fanboy. At work I use a 24″ iMac, my personal computer is a MacBook and I carry around an iPhone 3GS. I picked up an iPad on launch day (no lines, I had a reservation). So far, I am loving this new device, as a matter of fact, I’m writing this from the newly redesigned WordPress app for the iPad. I am loving the battery life on this thing: I left home this morning with 90% charge and I’m still at 51% after a day of heavy usage including video streaming, courtesy of Netflix, ABC and YouTube.

Battery life, check. Keyboard? Amazing, I’m typing pretty quickly on it right now. Screen? Gorgeous. Very bright and the vibrant. Just check out the Marvel comics app, the illustrations jump to life. Weight? 1.5 lbs doesn’t seems like much but it does get a bit tiresome to hold it in your hands after a while, but hey, I don’t think they’ve could’ve made this thing an ounce lighter.

Let’s talk a bit about software. Do I miss flash? Not at all. I’m not a fan of flash in the first place and everything I need flash for is either being done via an app (like games) or via HTML5 (the streaming video on CBS is awesome). Now having said that, there are a few apps that are still missing, but then again I can’t blame the developers, this thing has only been out for a day. Amongst these missing apps are:

-Slingbox. I can’t wait to be watching my recorded shows and live tv off my Slingbox at home.

-Orb. Again, watching all the videos I have on my media server on home on my iPad would be great.

-Facebook. The iPhone version just doesn’t cut it.

-Ebuddy. The iPhone version doesn’t look great on the iPad.

This brings me to another point I would like to bring up, and this goes to the app developers; please release your iPhone apps in iPad format. Yes, I know, all iPhone apps work in an iPad but that doesn’t mean they look or feel good. At the native resolution they feel clunky and running them at 2x the size makes the fonts look blurry and the buttons and interface feels like a big waste of real estate.

From now on I’ll be carrying around my iPad wherever I go, as well as my iPhone in my pocket. I don’t need to carry around my Macbook. No need for the 3G connectivity (and paying for data on an additional device), my iPhone acts as a WiFi hotspot thanks to an amazing $10 jailbreak app called MiFi. Hint hint to those waiting for the 3G version of the iPad.