[rwsimon]

Got my iPad up and running. In fact, I'm writing this post on it.

The iBooks app is extremely impressive. Reading seems comfortable and natural. The gimmicky page turning thing is actually kind of nice!

I loaded in some ePub docs (non-DRM) that I previously had on my Sony Reader. They work great. Full justification, multiple fonts, dictionary lookups for any word, color graphics (these were sci-fi magazines).

The Apple bookstore looks good too. Haven't spent much time there yet.

Finally, the Kindle app works fine as well. It isn't as graphically snazzy as iBooks but it is fine. Amazon treats you as a Kindle owner and getting books is quite easy.

How is the iPad for extended periods of reading? I will have to see.

But as a reader it seems great and the other stuff it does is amazing.