I’m a technophile. I love gadgets. Anything to make my life easier or add a level of coolness to it. The iPad hits me right in that weak spot that makes me want to buy it for it’s coolness factor. The thought of reading any magazine or any internet post, accessing my email from anywhere, having all my music with me, just sounds so ideal.

But after careful thinking, I have to wonder, will this device really flounder as they predict? I haven’t bought one yet and I probably won’t. Why is that? Well, all those things I mentioned above I can do on my iPhone – albeit with a smaller screen – but the capability is there. And it fits in my pocket. PLUS, my iPhone is a phone so it fits naturally next to my head and can use the 3G network when wi-fi isn’t available. Can you picture an iPad up to someone’s ear? Maybe bluetooth headsets will make this more realistic but yet another device to carry around.

The biggest drawback I see is how to use the keyboard on the iPad. I can type away pretty quick with my thumbs, but holding the iPad in one hand and poking with my index finger on the other is less than ideal for me. And if you were to set it on your desk, your neck would constantly be in an awkward position, unlike looking at a vertically upright laptop screen.

So this gadget has a lot of glitz and glamour that still makes me want to run out and buy one. Especially when I see the beautiful screen. But I think for now, my rational mind is going to win and this web developer will be sticking to an iPhone and a laptop or at worst a netbook. Thoughts?