Expect Change

I've already mentioned this a few times, but I want to be sure it sinks in: the iPad landscape is in a state of flux, and will be for some time. What I'm writing in the first edition of this book is based on the situation within a few weeks of the iPad's initial release. I'll update it, too, as time goes on. But remember: this is just the beginning.

The iPad is so new that the rules and expectations governing what it can and should do are in their earliest stages of evolution. Thousands of apps are already available, but tens of thousands more will appear over the coming months and years—and the ones that already exist will change dramatically.

Therefore, as I discuss or recommend certain apps—or complain about how certain things are ...

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