Official iPad release thread - keep all discussion here!

[XFF]

Starting an official release thread for all things iPad.

Also, be sure to participate in the poll on top of this page.

[renagade27]

is it true they are going to charge a fee for firmware updates?

[unicorngoddess]

16GB Wifi Only. I just got my shipping notice this morning too!

[usrbin]

i'll get the mini ipad, aka iPod Touch :-)

[XFF]

is it true they are going to charge a fee for firmware updates?

Good question. I thought Apple pushed for changes (to GAAP) in how they must account for the sale of certain products. I'm not sure whether that affects how they will charge for firmware upgrades on non-subscription-based devices like iPod touch and iPad in the future, but it might.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles..._earnings.html
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...for_apple.html
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles..._of_apple.html
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...pple_soon.html

Either way, the firmware upgrades for iPod touch have only carried a nominal charge of $10 or $15 in the past, so I doubt it's an important factor for most potential buyers.

Apple lobbied heavily for the change to the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), citing the rules as the reason it must charge some customers nominal fees for upgrades to products like the iPod touch and Airport Extreme. In August, Apple wrote to FASB Chairman Russell Golden in support of the rule change, noting that the then-current requirements did not accurately reflect the real economics of transactions.

[Ted13]

is it true they are going to charge a fee for firmware updates?

Apple explicitly stated they will not charge for OS 4.0 upgrades for the iPad.

[Island.Boy]

I am gonna go with the one that runs Snow Leopard and has a built in webcam!

[darkside flow]

I am gonna go with the one that runs Snow Leopard and has a built in webcam!

I went with the one that runs Windows 7 :P

[zman111]

I have to wait till the 12th for mine, not happy..... but i am sure i will be when i get it.

[pfreitas]

64gb wifi! I have a verizon mifi for mobile data....

[nfl46]

iPad Wi-Fi (16 GB)

[ilvla2]

I'll do without one for now.

Woo Hoo, I'm in the majority!

[melman101]

I've added my voted. 64GB Wifi. Going to pick up Saturday morning

[kEiThZ]

Everbody knows you never get in on the ground floor of any Apple product.

[ChairmanPlow]

Everbody knows you never get in on the ground floor of any Apple product.

ANY product for that matter. Let the manufacturer work all the kinks out, and by the next revision you're good to go.