Looking at the feature list, I think I may actually be interested in buying my first Apple device. For book/magazine reading it would be ideal. As a general purpose device to have around the house that my wife and I can use to get information when we’re not at our computers, read a magazine, browse the internet, do some quick shopping, etc.. it sounds great.

Here’s some thoughts on issues raised on the NYT live blogging of the announcement.

1. No ability to play Adobe Flash animations, widely used on the Web.
Yeah, this is a huge drawback for me. I can’t imagine any device not supporting Flash.

2. No camera, still or video
Eh, no deal breaker here. Being able to use a built-in camera to do video chat with the wife when either of us are away would be nice, but not needed. Also, why on Earth would you want a still camera on this thing??

3. No non-Internet phone function
Again, it’s not a frikkin phone people. Use your phone to call people.

4. Unclear whether you can bundle your AT&T iPhone plan with an iPad data plan
This would be very nice.

5. No removable battery for a device that can suck a lot of power
Agreed. Big drawback, especially if I’m on the road.

6. No removable storage
Meh.