Let’s get this straight; I’m not much of an Apple devotee. I’ve got a tiny handy iPod Shuffle which makes my hand assume a clawlike resting state at my belt whether or not I’m wearing it, but otherwise I’ve so far resisted their slender charms.

So I observed the ridiculous hype over their recent iPad announcement with amusement. Even more amusing was the inevitable disappointed backlash as it began to dawn on Applefans the world over that the announcement was exactly what they had expected it to be.

Ignoring the vagaries of this particular discussion, I like the iPad. I’ve been thinking of picking up some sort of netbook for ages, mostly for writing on the go, and the delightful living-in-the-future vibe Apple tech tends to imbue would just be the icing on the wang. Cake. Wangcake.