What's wrong with the iPad?

We've been reading all the tech press has been saying since Steve's announcement, and most are lambasting Apple for the iPad.

But... we think it'll follow the iPhone, take-up and development-wise. The first gen would still be successful, even with all its deficiencies (and especially against tablet PCs, historically).

Multi-tasking, screen res other than 1024x768 (say, 1366x768; ok, maybe not, as this may require denser pixels), and Adobe Flash support could all be forthcoming on iPhone OS 4.0, maybe as soon as June. With these, all those complaints about single tasking, wide screen displays, and playing Farmville go away.

Wait for 2G and 3G iPad (gen, not the underlying mobile tech), where dual-core CPUs, better GPUs, cameras, HDMI, and other hardware get fixed. These things came later on the iPhone (except dual-core and HDMI, so far), so expect the same on the iPad.

What Steve has done on the iPhone, he's repeating on the iPad. Get it out the door quick with some real good stuff, hunker down to absorb all the flak for things left out (for reasons of price or tech not up-to-snuff yet), and fix the latter as price, tech, and time allow.

Having said all this, have you seen the video? The calendar looks great. E-mail looks great. The iBook Store looks great. That driving game demo looks awesome.

Here's unsolicited advise for Apple. Give us an iPad Pro ASAP. Give us dual-core ARM Cortex A9 and Tegra 2-class graphics, and we have a killer mobile gaming console right there. With these specs, who cares if battery life drops to 3-4 hours?!

Just imagine the kinds of games we can play. Put virtual triggers on the left and right sides of the LCD, let the accelerometer move the crosshair around, and you have a real cool FPS. iPad Counter-Strike, anyone?