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Got the 16GB non-3G edition (i.e. the smallest) earlier this week.
What can I say. I love it! I love the speed and the slickness of the built-in applications. Just for browsing the Web, for checking my emails and for showing my latest photos it's the best tool I can imagine. Battery life is outstanding. I wouldn't use it for serious ebook reading because for that I find E-Ink more enjoyable. But for reading the news, or comics, it's wonderful.
I do miss a feature allowing me to print documents or photos. My printer supports the Bonjour protocol, and it's hooked up to the home network, so I really don't understand why Apple hasn't managed to add printing support yet. I know there are a few third party apps to remedy this, but from what I read, they aren't doing that much of a great job.
Another complaint is that I had to install iTunes again. I was so happy when I got rid of that resource hog (Windows user here!) when I gave my iPod away to a friend. I don't like iTunes because it's bloated and slow, and it adds all kinds of stuff to my autostart list that I usually don't even need when I use Windows.
Lastly, be careful when you buy the iPad in the US and take it back to your country somewhere else, like in my case to Switzerland. Currently, Apple does not support the iPad anywhere else, and if you try to login with your non-US iTunes account on your iPad, it will say that it's not supported. You can use iTunes on your computer to download apps to the iPad, even with your non-US account, but you'll quickly notice that some apps are missing. Most importantly for me - iBooks! Only way around it is to make a new iTunes account with a US-based address (fortunately for me, my wife is from the US). And if you don't have a credit card with a US billing address, make sure to buy a few iTunes gift cards that you can use to fill your account with some credits to make your purchases.
My heart will be broken when I am going to hand the iPad over to my father, but I will remain happy knowing that Apple has just started a new trend that will surely bring out a lot of interesting devices (also from the competitors - I am eyeing Google here!).
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