We were told the earth would move, lesser devices would be swallowed into the yawing chasms of hell, the newspaper industry would be uplifted to glory, and our lives would forever change. Yet Wednesday’s announcement of the new Apple iPad leaves me saying, “That’s it?” It’s a big iTouch with a 3G plan. Neither a phone nor a computer it’s greatest potential lies in the hopes that enterprising developers can figure out something cool to do with it using apps. We’ve been Jobbed by Apple’s PR and marketing machine.

What is the prevailing opinion out there? Anyone seeing more potential in this than my admittedly snarky views suggest?