Design-wise, there really isn’t much to comment on iPad. There’s just the 9.7 in., 1024 x 768 multi-touch LED backlit display that takes much of the bulk of the iPad’s surface. But quite frankly, that is what most people love about Apple’s products. Minimalist, graceful, yet terribly functional. But we’ll go to that later on. Let’s first take a look at the iPad, from its exterior.

It’s a beauty to behold, doubtlessly. Although un-boxing the device is the least marvelous thing about the beast, few people can say that much thought was not given to how the device is packaged. Since it is an Apple product, you cannot doubt the proven fact that countless hours were spent over how the device would look when packed. And people are not disappointed for Apple’s thoughtfulness.

The packaging is superb. It matches the general appeal of the gadget. For starters, the box of the iPad has a touch of MacBook Air in it. If you loved MacBook Air or other MacBook products, you may certainly fall for the box of the iPad. It’s so nice, you can hang it on a frame and display it in your living room.

Moving on, within the box is the iPad itself, a thin info packet, which you would doubtless not use at all because even 2-year-old children can understand the simpleness of the gizmo a wall power charger, and the famous USB 30-pin dock connector. If you have opened any Apple devices before, you are at home with these things.

The closest comparison you can get is Amazon’s Kindle DX. Not identical, but nearly there. iPad measures 9.56 inches in height, 7.47 inches in width and .05 in. thick. It weighs 1.5 pounds for the WiFi model, 1.6 for the WiFi and 3G model. In comparison, Kindle DX stands at 10.4 inches, is 7.2 inches wide, .38 inch thick, and weighs at 1.2 pounds.

For a device that does more than the Kindle DX does – if it alone is the point of comparison, the thickness of the iPad is excusable, satisfactory in truth. If the size and function of the iPad were to be used as parameters for judging whether iPad is better than Kindle DX, it isn’t a stretch to assert that it’s a killer. With its considerate e-book reading applications and the various selection of eBooks available to be used with iPad, many say Kindle will soon be replaced with iPad.

Despite its revolutionary thickness, many people still seem to complain about the .5 inch thickness of iPad. Sure, it may feel awkward and may prove more difficult to handle in one hand for a few hours than Kindle DX, but considering how and what the device does, this is nothing less than nitpicking.

Well, it’s obvious. There’s no other device in the market which has what iPad has. That does what iPad does. The glossy glass face alone is a winner. And we haven’t even talked about the functions of the device.

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