Lots of suggested iPad downsides on the Internet this morning. Thought I’d tackle a few.

It doesn’t have a camera

It’s 9.5″ by 7.5″ wide, and 0.5″ thick. You want to try taking a picture with something that shape?

Besides, you’ve got a camera-shaped iPhone in your pocket.

It doesn’t make phone calls

It’s 9.5″ by 7.5″ wide, and 0.5″ thick. You want to try holding that to you ear?

Besides, you’ve got a phone-shaped iPhone in your pocket.

It’s got a big bevel round the edge

So have books.

Because you hold them in your hand.

It doesn’t support Flash

Because Flash is slow and cumbersome, and the iPad supports HTML 5.

Name me one web app that couldn’t be achieved in HTML 5, without the need for Flash.

It doesn’t support multitasking

Because it doesn’t need to.

If you really need your apps to multitask when you’re on the move, buy a MacBook. If you’d rather have all-day battery life and guaranteed foreground app performance, buy an iPad.

I already have a Kindle

The base model iPad only costs $10 more than a 9.7″ Kindle DX.

Apparently the Kindle only reads books.

I still feel a bit… underwhelmed

What did you expect – Apple had invented perpetual motion?

Just wait till you use one.