No Flash is still one of the best decisions Apple could have made. Flash is buggy, slow, and used in way too many places where it’s unnecessary. If you really think that Flash (or even Silverlight, for that matter) is the wave of the future, you’re not paying attention.

I’m still trying to decide if I want/need one myself, but it’s really not missing anything that I’d want except a built-in way to get photos on the device (the $30 dongle attachment really is silly). Other features that everyone wanted were unrealistic for such a device. Two cameras for videoconferencing? Really? Who wants to hold that thing up so it’s aiming at both of you? And if you say, “that’s what the dock is for,” then why have a tablet in the first place when what you really want is a laptop? And don’t say moveable/positionable cameras, because moving parts equal breakable parts, and Apple builds stuff to last rather than putting the latest fad items on their machines.

In the run-up to the announcement I saw predictions from, “it’ll cure cancer,” to, “it’ll go back in time and save Haiti!” I think a lot of people really lost their sense of perspective and reality with this thing. If you can look at it for what it is (and not the crazy near sci-fi-esque predictions of what it COULD be), it looks like a great device. If it fits in with my needs, I’ll be picking one up.