iPadding You Wallet?

Saturday will be known as Holy Saturday for some of us, and I'm not referring to Easter Weekend.

This Saturday, the iPad will finally go on sale, and Apple fanatics the country over will be hammering for the holy grail of computing.

But as a real estate professional, should you be in line, too?

Many of us in the industry already use a computer at some level, but will the iPad change the way we use personal computers the way the iPod changed the way we listened to music or the way the iPhone changed what we thought of as a smart phone?

Personally, while I am a Mac user at home, I have my doubts about the iPad. But I won't be so quick to lament the gadget, as so many were want to do when the iPhone first came out. A sample quote from way back in 2007:

“Apple begins selling its revolutionary iPhone this summer and it will mark the end of the string of hits for the company.”

-Todd Sullivan; May 15, 2007

Even now, I can certainly imagine a tech-forward agent getting the most of the iPad, especially when coupled with great time and money-saving online services such as DotLoop. So, we'll see.

What do you think? Will you be buying an iPad this Saturday, or will you just spend the afternoon hiding Easter eggs? Do you think it will be ubiquitous in a year or two?