While the geeks complain about iPad, the online groups of Apple product enthusiasts continue to rave for the success that Apple has achieved through the tablet PC that promises to permanently change the way personal computing will roll in the future. Not only the most talked about device in recent history, but the iPad is also a device that has caused great polarization among users. People either love it or hate it. What is so remarkable with this love-hate relationship with Apple’s ‘magical’ and ‘revolutionary’ tablet PC is that you can tell who loves and who hates the iPad.

Geeks hate it, they hate the fact that it can’t multitask, that it doesn’t have Flash, and that it’s just a super version of the iPod Touch. They can tell you everything that is so undesirable with iPad from its glossy screen that shows all the gross signs of fingerprints when turned off and the aluminum back that won’t make you feel comfortable when you place it on your lap early in the morning. They would even go so far as rant about the black bezel that is too wide to be attractive. There is absolutely nothing that iPad does that other devices do not already do better.

iPad Multi-touch screen

This is  among the top reasons why non-techie users of iPad love to have it around, because although iPod Touch can be used with nothing but bare thumbs, iPad takes multi-touch screens to a level no other product has reached before. You can still play your favorite games, but this time the experience is enhanced. Instead of constantly zooming in and out of the board when you’re playing scrabble, you have the entire board sitting in front of  you. If you are driving on simulators, your screen resembles a car windshield more than it does with the iPod Touch.

If you love reading eBooks on your iPod Touch, you will find that the iBooks e-reader application of its much younger cousin offers you an experience almost similar with reading an actual book. Turn a page and you’ll find how much thought was thrown in to create an e-reader app that will give an almost the same feel as with reading a book. With a few modifications, of course. A single tap on an unfamiliar word can give you a dictionary definition online, for one.

When visiting a website, so long as it does not contain rich media contents made with Adobe Flash, you’ll have no problem. Other than that, the general experience of web browsing with iPad is simply, incredible. It’s fast, hassle-free, and fluid, it’s probably the best browsing experience you’ve ever had.

iPad Battery Life

People love  that the  iPad exceeds battery life expectations as well. Where a typical laptop or portable DVD players have approximately a 4 hour battery life, iPad promises you up to 10 hours of continuous use, no need for charging in between, don’t take the manufacturer’s word for it though, one independent review claimed that his iPad played 12 hours’ worth of movies.

What more can you ask for in a portable device such as the iPad that will cost you around $499?