I have watched the videos of the presentation of the new Apple iPad. I think I will buy one – this is the device I wanted 10 years ago.

But I do have some questions – and these may be obvious for other people but they are not for me.

Steve Jobs mentions that it will run iPhone apps. Great. But will it run normal apps? I may not keep the iPhone when my term expires because I do not feel like hacking it and the out of the box phone is not easy to develop for. I want to build my own apps easily.

I guess what I am really asking is – how restrictive or open is the Apple iPad? I find the iPhone too restrictive to meet my business needs because there are barriers to development.

Also, do I need to buy the same iPhone app twice for two devices? Sure they are cheap usually, but going back and buying them again will not be fun.

If it turns out the Apple iPad is just a big iPhone without the phone, and custom applications are not easier, I will be very disappointed and not buy it. That is just me because I like to play with this stuff – but the early adopters or products like this are people like me, so that could mean trouble.