What the iPad really needs is an iPad iPad

There's been quite a bit of speculation about whether Apple's newly launched iPad will be successful. There was quite a bit of the same surrounding the launch of the iPod, the iPhone, the iPod touch and just about every other "i" product Apple's ever launched. But everything they do seems to turn to gold in the end.  
  Still, I'm skeptical about the iPad for one reason: durability. It's super thin, it's super cool—yes, we know that. But what happens if the guy next to you on the train gets pissed off while playing a videogame on it and breaks it over his leg? The splintering shards could cut you up pretty bad. And what if you're staring over somebody's shoulder while they're trying to read an e-newspaper, and in a fit of rage, they whack you over the head with it? That could seriously hurt. And God forbid someone should rest it on his lap for too long. Remember that fellow with the exploding iPod? You get my drift.
  That is why I propose that Apple create the iPad iPad, which will be a pad you can drape over your lap so you don't singe your essentials. It will also lessen the blow, if someone were to thwack you with the system.  
  Not a bad idea, no?

—Posted by Will Levith