iPad huh

The iPad has always seemed cool, back when tablet computer were just coming out they seemed like a great idea. In Si-Fi TV you can find iPad type pads used for just about anything. So it seems like this iPad and it's successor the iPad2 is so hot?
First let's talk about usability. I'm using an iPad1 to write this blog entry... It has taken about three times longer than it would to just use a laptop. If I want to add a link to a post here or maybe on FaceBook I have to hope that the all powerful iPid will allow the text I'm trying to copy to be highlighted, instead of select + copy + paste you have to jump through major hopes!

Wow... I had to ditch the iPad and just go for the good old fashion laptop.  BTW, how the hell old am I when a laptop is "old fasion", but I digress.  Heres the thing, almost nothing is formatted the same on an iPad as it is on just about any computer/web browser combo I've used.  Almost all websites are somehow messed up.  If you are typing just about any acronym the iPad auto corrects the spelling to what it thinks you might have meant (ex: "DIY" becomes "dig").  This can be a blessing for spell auto correct but it can also be a curse (see damnyouautocorrect.com).  I see the commercials where they show what a iPad can do... I just have to laugh because I have not had the experience depicted in those commercials.
Will I get the new iPad2, I doubt it.  Don't get me wrong, if it was free I wouldn't turn it away but I would NOT go spend my hard earned dough on it.  I went to Apple's website to see the cool videos or info about the new iPad and guess what, the iPad1 would not play the videos!  Sure "#2" might be faster, yes it might be cooler cuz it can video chat and stuff but that was all cool when they put it in the iPhone... thats all you need.
If the iPad would give me a full keyboard (with control, command, and alt keys) letting me use the keyboard shortcuts I'm use to.  It would also allow me the ability to use it as a wireless keyboard/mouse for my actual computer (not just an Apple TV).  I'm glad that the iPad has helped us take another look at tablet computers but we still have a LONG way to go before they replace laptops.