The iPad will be your next TV

Purchasing and watching iTunes TV shows on your laptop isn't exactly complicated, but the tap-tap-watch ease with which the iPad sells you a show then disappears into it will be intoxicating for a lot of people.  Plus there's the web and a whole new world of apps.  When the iPad ships stateside, you'll be able to download an ABC app, and stream the same content they offer on their website — including full episodes of "Lost", for example — for free on your iPad.  Soon, CBS will have revamped their website to stream video straight to the Flash-less iPad, using the device's support for the HTML5 video tag.  And that's just the tip of the iceberg.  If you have a Netflix account, you'll be able to download a free Netflix app, and stream thousands of films and TV shows. A Hulu app is on the way.  Video sites like Funny or Die have already started shifting to iPad-compatible streaming formats.  Early reviewers have been prone to call the iPad an evolution of the laptop.  It's not.  It's a featureless window to content. It's a dumb conduit. In other words, it's your next TV.

http://gizmodo.com/5507331/the-ipad-will-be-your-next-tv

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For everything that's been written about the iPad no one knows for sure how it will really be used.  Except Apple.  They think it's going to be your new TV — here's why they're right.

 
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