Multi-tasking is probably going to be a software update. No difference if its the 1st gen or the 2nd gen. At this price, if people insist on multi-tasking and camera, i would suggest buying an iphone and an ipod touch

If its easy to drop or too thin or too light, some will say too heavy is not good.
If some say 1gHz is not good enough, others might say it is pricey is it is a spec above.
Bottomline is that There will never ever be a product that can cater everyone.

I think this product is perfect for me.
I never really need multitasking, i travel a lot and i relied heavily on my ipod touch for my emails and websurfing. I also relied on it for entertainment when im traveling (I know, i should pick up reading ). However, its not possible for me to watch a movie while typing an email (on a touch screen!). I dont get what's the hooohaaa about the inability to multitask. If its there, great. If its not.Nehh

Camera? I never understood why would nano need a camera, let alone a 10" touch screen ipad. Do you know how awkward that would look when you try to take a pic with a 10" touch screen? lol. Unless its like 100 Megapixel camera. I remember even the built-in isight was introduced as late as 2006? in the macbook pro. I can be wrong but my point is that it will be late, apple-style but doesn't mean it wont come. I think a webcam is probably more useful than an actual camera though.

I think the next move is to somehow integrate this to the airport express, so it can be use for presentations. Heck, Jobs can even use the iPad for all his future presentation It can be useful for both business and leisure. I can already use my ipod touch to control my itunes and appletv. if an iPad can provide more features than that, that would be awesome

My iBook G4 is 6 years old and still running great. My Macbook air died within months.

To answer your question above, any manufactured products can and have defects. As far as i can remember from my experience, although apple products are more sturdy than their counterparts but that doesn't mean they have no defects.

Well,i would be concerned of a valid warranty for an iPad of such value regardless of the company's background. You wouldn't want a RM2000 paper weight