iPad to make its retail debut

Here's what a handful of star technophiles had to say about how they thought the iPad would fare.

Jack Dorsey,

creator of Twitter

"I'm most excited about the potential of being able to get closer to data - to be able to touch data. Being able to use your fingers for every aspect of the experience is something that's really going to change computing. Don't necessarily think it'll be an immediate massive hit like other devices in the past. It's going to take some time to get used to it. It's defining a new realm."

Craig Newmark,

founder of Craigslist.org

"I suspect that I'll wait a little longer for a Google tablet. There are a whole bunch coming and they'll all start off with innovations like multitasking (not available on the iPad)."

Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine

"You could do many things right with the Web, but not magazines. Tablets will allow us to do digital magazines that are intelligently designed, flow correctly and have the artistic intent preserved."

Los Angeles Times

Got an iPad? You'll need some apps for that.

The race to develop apps for Apple's newest baby began almost as soon as the gadget was announced. The iPad can run 150,000 apps from Apple's app store and can be synced to iPhone and iPod Touch apps, which can run at their smaller original size or stretched to fit. Apps meant for the iPad will cost about $5 to $10.

Though there will certainly be standards such as Facebook, some of the coolest apps will include:

Plants vs. Zombies, a high-def version of the juvenile but addictive game.

Charadium, a Pictionary-type drawing and guessing game, updated for the iPad.

A Kindle app by Amazon that lets users turn "book pages" with their fingers.