iPad surprises

Almost none. But I'll list a couple anyways

• A big one for me was that the processor is built in-house. I was sure there was an effort to build an ARM based processor, but I believed that the first edition tablet would have a custom designed one built by Samsung or Qualcomm.
• The price point of $499 is nice. However, I'm not sure of the punch this device has, especially with the "creation" of a new category of devices. Also, paying 100 bucks extra for another 16GB is steep! I wonder what external storage interfaces it has
• 3G not built-in by default. This is something new from Apple, which generally doesn't create too many flavors of the devices it manufactures. I think this is simply a pricing decision for those who like the tablet form factor but don't need the mobility factor
• Unlocked 3G. So it looks like AT&T decided not to subsidize the tablet like they do with the iPhone. Maybe the balked at the subsidy Apple was asking for. Or maybe they figured people who really wanted it would get one anyways. I wonder if there is any way to share a data plan between an iphone and the ipad or you have to pay separately for both