Reactions to the New iPad The reaction to the new Apple iPad was mixed. Enthusiasts who write about Apple on the Web always want more. But as Sam Grobart of The New York Times points out in Gadgetwise, this announcement is important for what is inside the iPad and it will be months before the full implications are seen. A lot of hands-on first impressions were chronicled. (These aren't reviews. The reporters and bloggers got to play with the devices for a few minutes after the announcement.) One of the best places to find them is on Blogrunner. Warning: there are about 100 entries. Here are some of the better insights from around the Web: Dan Frommer makes a very interesting observation on ReadWriteWeb about why the iPad isn't iPad 3 or anything else. It's the new iPad, Apple says. Because, for the majority of the people who buy it, it will be their first iPad - not their second or third. Who wants to start a revolution with No. BGR noted that orders for the AT&T version of the new iPad on the Apple online story are full. Digital Book World took a look at what the new iPad will do for book publishers. "The new iPad will undoubtedly raise consumer expectations and thereby the bar for what qualifies as a quality e-book," said Jean Kaplansky. A lot of rumors got bandied about and a lot of people got it wrong. The Atlantic Wire tracked them. No one got the fact that the device has more RAM. Apple Insider and Ars Technica have the worst record. They got the obvious stuff right, but stretched too far on a new size and the name. And we couldn't end this roundup without including The Onion's take on the millions of words spilled online about the iPad: "This Article Generating Thousands Of Dollars In Ad Revenue Simply By Mentioning New iPad."