Just give my 2 sen here. Ipad is a good product for those don have a netbook or notebook or a smart phone.
And its very good for showing off as well at this time, but slowly everyone will have this and, nothing to show off. Do you think iphone is something cool, many still don like it.
To really compare this is like compare apple os vs android. In long term android will win, it the trend and history has proved it.
Is a tablet convenience to carry around, yup maybe but i already have a smart phone to surf when i really need it, it still a 1kg to carry and one more thing to worry on when travelling or shopping.