Although the iPad was a disappointment to us as far as what we were expecting, I'm still excited to try one out because I know it will be one of the devices that really helps introduce and popularize the tablet computer. And one consequence of this is the kind of app Wired is making, an alternative to print and perhaps a superior one. There are issues that will have to be worked out, but I can definitely see myself reading a periodical or paper on this thing. Whether the iPad uptake rate will justify the R&D and the enormous amount of designer hours that goes into every issue — well, that's still up in the air. But the truth is that most magazines were going to have to make this shift at some point anyway, so they may as well do it right, which Wired appears to have done. Video follows.