Could the iPad revolutionize composition software?

Updated on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 2:14PM by Eric

Today Steve Jobs presented to the world his newest creation: the iPad.

*screen cap from Apple.com *

While we have 60 days before the first retail units hit stores, the internet has already been torn asunder with the official announcement.  Unfortunately at this point the only two opinions that seem to have boiled to the surface are pretty black and white.  They are (in standard message board/comment section verbiage):

iPad=FAIL

or

iPad=WIN

Personally I don't intend on purchasing one, at least not a first generation model.  I've found that being an early adopter of any new hardware technology can be a tumultuous experience, especially after observing the evolution of the iPod and iPhone over the last 9 years.  History tells us that the second and (particularly) the third generation of Apple products tend to come with the full feature set you hoped for with the first.  But instead of focusing on the iPad's (arguably numerous) faults I wanted to consider one MASSIVE opportunity.

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