Those are all fair comments. Personally, I imagine I will get one - eventually, at least. The selling point for me is probably the interface and the build. Yes, I can watch films, listen to music, read ebooks, surf the net, do social media on other devices, but I suspect I'll find the iPad does most of them better when I get my hands on it. I can certainly see myself lounging around with it at home and using it on long journeys. If I'm going away, I'll no doubt take my laptop to work on - but the iPad will fit in the laptop bag and looks far easier to pass the time with on a train.

But obviously, it's a personal thing - I'm certainly not a fanboy. And I suspect you're right that it's far better suited to content consumption than creation. At least at the moment. I've never used Pages, but is it possible there will be features added as time goes on? After all, this is the first iteration of the program for an entirely new device.