If you want to see the parts of the iPad that Apple cares about watch the video: http://www.apple.com/ipad/ipad-video/ It goes over all the bits they think are really cool.
I really hate to ask this - but is there a way to watch that on linux? I have mplayer, but I can't find the embed link in the source to save the raw .mov file.
This link is a perfect example of the problem I have with Apple. Why do I have to have Quick Time to watch the video? Just give it to me and let me worry about which media player I want to use.
I sold my macbook; gave away my ipod; and I'm never going back.