Wait, iPad’s like a big iPod Touch? Yep - San Francisco Chronicle

With all the hype swirling around the iPad, this description might come as a bit of letdown. You mean it’s a big iPod Touch? Basically. But that’s good in many ways, especially when you consider how groundbreaking the iPhone and iPod Touch are. The

Review: iPad is more than just a big iPod - Traverse City Record-Eagle
The iPad comes with Apple’s new iBook software, which opens up to reveal a realistic-looking wooden bookshelf stocked with all the titles in your e-book collection. I quickly noticed some limitations, though. The iPad’s operating software is based on

Apple’s IPad May Take Year to Be Breakout Product (Update1) - BusinessWeek
With the iPad’s price below the $750 he anticipated, “perhaps it could sell more than we thought,” he said yesterday. Apple’s iPod and Amazon.com’s Kindle sold only 1 million units in the first year before going on to become bestsellers, he

iPad Thoughts on cost and iPad 3g plan - Gather.com
The other iPad criticisms may come with the price. At the lowest model costing $499, it’s not much more than the iPod Touch’s biggest model. For the added price, you merely get a bigger touchscreen, some more apps capability and a digital reading