Technologizer surveyed six thousand iPad owners, and the results are very positive:

In the chart about iPad’s bundled apps and Apple’s iWork ones [above], orange represents extreme happiness, blue shows happiness, purple indicates mild-favorability-bordering-on-neutrality, and red means unhappiness. (Only ratings from people who have tried each app are shown.) Enthusiasm runs high for almost everything–especially Safari and Maps.

David Hornik, a venture capitalist at August Capital, think iPads are more useful and less intrusive in meetings than laptops:

Anyone who’s attended a meeting of laptop users knows that it is not the most conducive environment for discussion. Open laptops create a real obstacle to discussion. Perhaps it is the clicking of keys. Perhaps it is the physical barrier the laptops create. Whatever it is, the VC community has realized that an iPad lying flat on the table does not have the same effect. It is possible to pull up your calendar, browse for a piece of information, share relevant contact info (and, in all truthfulness, scan your email) with minimal interruption on the iPad.

The iPad combines the best things about the iPhone (multitouch, direct interaction, and an always-on connection*) with the best things about the laptop (productivity tools and a large work canvas), and the result is something that supersedes both. It’s lighter than a laptop and highly mobile, you can interact with it just like the iPhone, and do many tasks that were previously considered the territory of the laptop, but in a more natural and enjoyable way.

*WiFi + 3G model