Okay, it's 5:53 pm EST - where are the impressions???

I went to best buy and was surprised they sold out of the 16 gb wifi only model so quick. They had 85 total

I just got back from my Best Buy, about 80 people in line. That store got in 10 of each model.

I am downloading a couple of apps then going to sync. I have not used the 1st gen Ipad so I won't know how it comapres but after I fool with it a bit i'll let you know what I think.

Hardware config? I got the 64GB wifi model, not sure how that would matter how it runs.

picked up the 64 3g (at&t). just noticed the iOS version is different (4.3 8F191) than the one i downloaded yesterday (4.3 8F190) for my original iPad. iPad 2 does not multi-touch gesture support.

Hard to believe that at 4:55pm EST they announced that they did not have any white at&t 16G or 64 G 3G iPad2's at the Apple Store.........tells me they didn't ship any or they were sold prior to 5:00. All 3G at&t models were sold out by 6:15......guess the waiting begins.

Just got a 64GB WiFi black. Store had 18 units and 40 people on line. I wanted 32GB but it was sold out. See my comments on the other thread . . .

Right now I am very frustrated. I am trying to sync my RPG PDFs and nothing is working. How come ibooks does not show up as an icon on the ipad screen so I can open it when I want to?

Ok I have now played with it for a while. Safari is fast. Over my Wifi n. NY Times main page loads in about 2 seconds. Subsequent pages take about 2 sec on first load. If you scroll immediately upon page load, you get maybe a half second of checkerboard before the lower sections display. Cycling thru the tsunami photos is instantaneous (which might be due to how they are cached, not sure.)Scrolling is instantaneous. A first load of an interactive feature page take a second for most of the items to load, then another second or two for the full page.

On first load, app store took about 3 second to load. After than, it was immediate.

I also bought the smart cover (plastic one. $80 for leather? Puh-leez)It is actually quite nice when you have the iPad on your lap. Nice angle.

OK, that's it for now, more later.

Addendum: I think the speaker sounds great. I have the iPad propped up on the smart cover (typing position) and the music is very clear and audible at 1/3 volume. At full volume it too loud. I could def see playing music through it while, say, making dinner, with no issues at all.

Caveat: I have an iPod, but this is my first iPad, so take all this with a grain of salt. I did read complaints about the iPad1 speaker, so that's why I posted this.

I Thomas

I think it's beautiful as a machine ...5 stars. As software only 3 stars. Two apps just shut down. I can't download attached pic files from emails. There seems to be no file structure. No way to modify anything. Very little cloud computing. Its a gorgeous toy.