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Epocrates, the medical software company did a survey of more than 350 clinicians to gauge their interest in the new tablet.  They found that:

Nine percent of survey respondents plan to buy the iPad when it was immediately available,
Another 13 percent plan to buy it within the year,
Thirty-eight percent of respondents expressed interest in the iPad with the request of more information to solidify their purchase decision.

Pretty impressive – 60% of those surveyed either already plan to buy or are considering it.  That’s almost up into the Trident Gum, four out of five dentists recommend, territory. 

Epocrates – makers of a leading clinical reference app for the iPhone – have also announced that their Epocrates iPhone app will be customized for the iPad.

Via: 9to5Mac

iPad is exactly the product I’ve been wishing for ever since I wrapped my mind around the iPhone and its constraints.

Joe Hewitt, the lead developer of the Facebook app for the iPhone, who famously left the Facebook app project when he got fed up with the App Store approvals process, is full of enthusiasm about the iPad, and especially for what it offers for developers …

iPad is an incredible opportunity for developers to re-imagine every single category of desktop and web software there is. Seriously, if you’re a developer and you’re not thinking about how your app could work better on the iPad and its descendants, you deserve to get left behind.

Hewitt has a great blog post up – at both his own site and as a guest post at the GigaOm site – outlining his thoughts on the barriers he hit with the iPhone’s smaller screen, and the enormous potential he sees in developing for the iPad.  He’s even got some great insight on the ways in which Apple’s closed platform is a very good thing.  Check out his post here:

http://tinyurl.com/yawnh6o

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The iPad made an appearance at the Grammy Awards tonight.  Presenter Stephen Colbert showed one off, complete with a neat screen rotation, when presenting an award, pulling it from his jacket pocket.  Check out the video here:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/31/stephen-colbert-has-an-ipad/

I guess the poor thing just needed a little more attention to cap off its launch week – and what a lucky sod Mr. Colbert is :)

Spotted this via a tweet from Larry Greenberg.