This is the review that we've been waiting for. Now one does hardware reviews quite like Arstechnica, in their own words, "Six Ars staffers, four days, one new Apple product—inside is everything you wanted to know about the iPad, plus a whole bunch of stuff you didn't know that you wanted to know. We did everything: watching, listening, reading, gaming, and working with the iPad. Here's what we learned."

This 18 page epic is a must read, especially for those of us that will have to wait just a little bit longer to experience the device first hand.