iPad +48

A run of general comments regarding the iPad:

It's too expensive for the limited amount of content available. That said, obviously, that changes rapidly over time.

Generation next will flock to it. Two students were elbowing their way to touch and feel, one declared he was headed to get one because it would become "his day planner".

How many will be left in airplane seatbacks, dropped in toilets and generally lost over the next month as people come to terms with its use?

Until the Flash question is solved, the immediate impact for college athletics may be limted; however, you're all on notice -- I'm talking to you CBS Sports and NeuLion -- that we all ahve about 60 days to figure out how these things will impact college football.

Network TV and other digital content providers (like NetFlix) have stunning presentations on the machine. I've already watched as more ABC content in my lap as I've watched on my wall the past two days. ESPN3, hello?

Meanwhile, get ready to brush up on your HTML (as in HTML5) which looks like the work around until Steve Jobs gets over himself and opens the door for Adobe onto his precious mobile platforms.

As in, all those nifty new Acrobat/Air based media guides -- nothing but the Blue Question Mark of Death, to revive an old school reference. Start warming up those crib notes for transcoding from PowerPoint into Keynote.