With products, it’s always interesting to compare initial impressions with longer-term impressions.  Sometimes they match, sometimes not.  The story about New Coke and sip testing is a good reminder that initial and long-term impressions can diverge.

After a week of living with the iPad, here’s my usage:

• Book reading (using Amazon’s Kindle app)
• Videos (The Blind Side via iTunes, kids videos from Netflix)
• Light email (reading only, or one sentence replies)
• Reference lookup (general Web surfing, Wikipanion)
• Games (Flight Control HD)

So far, it’s pretty consistent with my initial impressions.