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I have an iPhone, a MacBook, an iMac and a wireless Airport Network based on a Time Machine with two Airport Expresses. I also have a 3rd generation nano. In other words, I'm all Mac'd up. My ebook readers are a couple of Sonys, 300 & 505, and, of course, my iPhone.
In this environment, an iPad is (1) my full sized ebook reader and (2) a whole lot easier to use as I move around the house. I expect to set things up so that my iPhone includes whatever ebook apps I have on my iPad, so that to a large extent, it is a miniPad. Plus, of course, I'll have both of them synced to Instapaper, and iCal, & Safari, etc.
The only thing missing in this neat little picture is a 300/505 sized ebook reader which coordinates with the iUniverse. The Sonys don't do it right now, although Stanza is a possibility for integrating the Sonys with epub.
I've considered going Amazon (Kindle app, Kindle readers) since Instapaper (a basic necessity) plays well with Kindle, but (1) the iPad costs no more than a Kindle DX, and does so much more and (2) the Kindle 2 is too large for the kind of portability I want in a small edevice.
Basically, it seems to me that anyone looking for a full sized ebook reader who leans PC might well decide to go KDX/Sony900, particularly if they don't have a wireless setup. The extra 15-30 bucks a month for G3 on the iPad would be a bummer.
But for those of us with Macs, the iPad seems to me to be the clear choice.
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