Across the Country, the Devoted Gather for the iPad

“From my iPad, I salute the trend. "Across the Country, the Devoted Gather for the iPad" - http://nyti.ms/9sfact via @nytimes”

Charles Wolf, an analyst at Needham Research, said he expected that Apple would sell more than 300,000 iPads this weekend. He said the introduction “says more about the role Apple is playing in our culture and little about the ultimate success of the iPad.”

I want one but can't figure out for what. The Kindle does everything but 3G.