iPad is great for playing WOW !

[skywall]

I have a friend who was able to play the iPad for a few minutes during the announcement。
- the LCD is beautiful and the view angle is almost 180 degree。
- the 1GHZ CPU is blazing fast. He loaded the web game Word of worldcraft on it. It performed beautifully.
-No multi-tasking, but you can still listen to music while doing something else
- no camera, no text messaging。
- the system is iPhone OS 3.2。
- the keyboard is ok, but not great. It is not as sensitive as in the demo.
-it is confirmed no Flash support

[jack-o-lantern]

I would think that it would be pretty terrible for World of Warcraft actually. Im an avid gamer and a screen that small plus operating without a mouse would be annoying. Im sure you could hot key everything but most people use their mouse to move and turn as well as to bind their most frequently used attacks.

It might look good on an iPad but I doubt it would play out well for anyone who actually uses World of Warcraft as more than a chat platform.

[mary_k]

I'm really on the fence about the iPad. I really wanted one when it first came out but now I'm not sure if it will be worth it in the long run or not. For me, I'm almost positive it wouldn't be since it's not good for multi tasking.

Are they also going to require data plans to operate properly or will they be able to function without them?