It's been a few months since Apple's shiny plinth was thrust from the waters, gleaming deity-like on the black sand shores. I had just returned from a month-long trip checking out the top technology at IFA in Berlin and the World Expo in Shanghai when I heard that I had become editor of Tone.

One might wonder if our market is low priority for Apple. In fact, we've reviewed the iPad before, but that wasn't much more than a hands on. Finally, the iPad is available in India, and has been for a couple of weeks. The reason given for ignoring India all this time is shortage of supply.

Well designed; well built and attractive looking; Great simplistic interface and very good onscreen keypad; Great gaming experience; Wealth of applications available

Expensive; Lack of a front camera for chatting and such; Lack of memory expansion as an option; Display is prone to smudges

While it might seem that Wired's review of the iPad is a tad overdue , our tardiness is not without reason. Apple makes perfect honeymoon devices; glossy, glamorous, luxury items that purr with interactivity and effortless sophistication as soon as they emerge from their artful boxes.

Devours content -- books, magazines, comics and videos -- with pleasure; More portable than your laptop, more substantial than your smartphone

Stuck behind Apple's backwards restrictions: no multitasking; too few video formats and a lack of flash all hold it back from being the do-all device

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Adequate Storage; Easy To Use; Fast; Good Battery Life; Large Screen; Lightweight; Reliable Performance

Poor Speaker Quality

Thanks to its simple, iPhone-like user interface and responsive screen, Apple's iPad is the first tablet computer with the gadget x-factor. It won't replace your laptop for anything but the basics, but, for Web addicts, iPhone fans and technophobes, it's a tasty slice of gadget goodness

Huge capacitive touchscreen; Wi-Fi connectivity; attractive design; App Store is filling up with apps and games; compatible with iPhone apps; intuitive user interface; fast and responsive; easy to sync and back up

Awkward to hold; heavy; no camera; no Flash support; limited multitasking capability; on-screen keyboard can't compare to a physical keyboard

The iPad was introduced as one of the first tablet devices of this generation. It can be thought of as a super-charged iPod touch, with a far larger screen and many more exciting features. The iPad has Apple's 1 GHz A4 system and 512 MB of RAM.

I have read many reviews of the iPad stressing that as a device for consuming media the iPad is a fantastic device but for creating it is very poor.

We managed to get our hands on the iPad last month (at the same time when we got the Dell Streak , Toshiba Folio 100 , Samsung Galaxy Tab and Huawei S7 ). Out of all the devices the iPad was our favorite, it simply felt like a true tablet device, where as most of the others felt more like giant...

My ipad seemed rather heavy and I wanted to reduce the weight. It sure worked with this case. It makes it so streamlined and it really looks great also. I absolutely adore it. Thanks much.

The power cable itself showed significant wear and I, in fact, had to buy a replacement immediately.

It's an iPad

It came with almost nothing other than the iPad and the power cable