Although it may not be accessible, I think this device has some potential for anyone who is an artist and wants to take advantage of the multitouch gestures and programs like Illustrator and Photoshop. Imagine being in a creative meeting with a client and you pullout your iPad, draw a graphic with your fingers and show it to them across the table.

where I think the device will excel is in the academic and medical fields, provided the SDK will support mission-critical enterprise apps without crashing. Imagine taking a patient’s blood pressure during your rounds and your iBloodPressure app suddenly crashes, returning you to the home screen. for students, this is great news. I’m doing my Master’s degree now and having a device like this for textbooks that are easily navigable almost eliminates the need for a DAISY player, although having a DAISY reader app on the iPad would sink the ship of any competitor to be sure.

What I think Apple left out was some type of handwriting recognition, as scribbling something down with a finger or stylus may just be much faster than waiting for the unlock screen, the home screen and the Notes app to load.

If the iPad can produce an onscreen keyboard, and has multitouch technology built in, would it not be a matter of programming a Braille input keyboard? This is making the assumption that multitouch can recognize up to ten fingers on the device, which I’ve heard it can.

I’ll be testing the accessibility of the device once it hits the stores in Canada for sure.