I'm not saying that it's a bad thing. I'm just saying that it's not like Apple created some whole new experience from the ground up. They had the idea to take the current user experience they had (the iPhone/iPhoneOS) and supplement it (larger screen/iWork), but I feel like people are praising Apple as if they had created something entirely new.
If Apple had created the iPad as something completely orthogonal to both the MacOS and the iPhoneOS yet still managed to make a compelling product, I could see them worthy of heavy praise. Other than that the iPad is maybe a good idea, an innovative idea even, but not some ground-breaking landmark thing. Maybe I'm completely wrong, but that's the way that I feel (i.e. people are giving Apple the same amount of praise for the iPad now as they would have, had Apple done something even more praise-worthy).
If Apple had created the iPad as something completely orthogonal to both the MacOS and the iPhoneOS yet still managed to make a compelling product, I could see them worthy of heavy praise. Other than that the iPad is maybe a good idea, an innovative idea even, but not some ground-breaking landmark thing. Maybe I'm completely wrong, but that's the way that I feel (i.e. people are giving Apple the same amount of praise for the iPad now as they would have, had Apple done something even more praise-worthy).