Isn’t it obvious that I am getting one? Held back on that Kindle purchase last year when rumours of Apple’s tablet started to fill news stream in the last few months of 2009. I could have bought a Kindle and had it shipped before Christmas, but all I did was buy a couple of Kindle books and read it on the iPhone.

I cannot wait for the Kindle for Mac release from Amazon, though, since the iPhone’s screen is just too tiny for ebooks. Now thanks to Apple’s 9.7” iPad, I can now read Kindle ebooks on a larger screen.

My use of the iPad will be predominantly as an ebook reader. I have a couple of Kindle ebooks already and tons of PDF files. The Papers application for the iPhone will be perfect for this. It will hold ALL of my scientific journal and conference proceedings articles. How cool is that?

For an educator, this is one heck of a device. Yes, you can add PDF on the Kindle, but you have to check out Papers on iPhone to know how easy it is to categorize your PDF files.

Whilst I am getting the 16GB version, the iPad will also house some of my videos. The iPhone can handle this, but it is more pleasant to watch a full-length film on a larger screen. Besides, the battery is so much bigger on the iPad. I don’t mind the limited storage of the 16GB -- I reckon that it will be enough until the next generation is released later.

Music, on the other hand, will stay on my iPhone. It will be cumbersome to have your earphone hanging from your bag rather that from your pants pocket. My audiobooks and podcasts will be retained on the iPhone - to free up space on the iPad.

I don’t usually sync my photo albums to my iPhone, so the same will happen with the iPad. An album or two of the kids will suffice. Besides, the iPhone is my go-to camera - so naturally my photos and videos will be stored there. If I can sync it with the iPad, wirelessly, then that’d be awesome -- imagine using those iPhone photo and video tools on a larger screen. Hmmm...

If my iPhone games get ported to the iPad for free, then I will transfer it to the iPad. However, I doubt if that will happen. New screen, new app, new payment, I guess.

Not to worry, I can always run the iPhone version on the iPad -- just that the experience will not be the same as a native iPad app.

Apps, such as iBlogger, EyeTV, Gallery, iDisk, Zosh, Dropbox, Comics, and TVUPlayer, to name some, will be transferred from the iPhone to the iPad. Social networking apps, such as Facebook, Tweetie, qStatus, etc., will be copied. Nothing beats being able to update your status from a device that you are currently holding, right?

The geek in me requires a terminal application and a VNC client to connect to my remote servers. I already have these tools installed on my iPhone and it sure would be easier to use on the iPad.

Man, the iPad might render my Livescribe Pulse Pen useless. The iPad with the PogoStylus might just be the perfect note-taker tool. One less ‘book to carry. However, the auto-transcribe add-on of the Pulse Pen can’t be beat... yet.

AS for iWork, I will definitely get Pages and Numbers. Still on the fence on Keynote -- although the demo seems really awesome. I just couldn’t see myself holding the iPad whilst doing my presentation on stage -- I’d be needing a long VGA cable for that, unless Apple finds a way to wirelessly send it to a projector.

The most obvious use of the iPad, of course, is as an internet device. Browsing the web, emailing, checking your address-book and calendars. Wait, these are the very same functions of a netbook -- so to me, the iPad completely replaces a netbook.