I got one. While I won't claim it's perfect, most of my complaints are about app quality and availability, which will rectify themselves shortly. My first day experience with iPad is a lot more positive than my first day experience with iPhone was.
If the ESPN app had been of higher quality, I would've loved it during the games tonight. As it stood, there wasn't anything of gamecast caliber, but it was still handy for keeping track of who was in foul trouble without having a laptop handy. It's smaller, cooler-running, and cheaper than my laptop, all of which are a bonus for use near alcohol.
As it stands, my biggest complaint is that because there aren't "users", there's no good way for me to allow access to private information (email especially) and also let guests play with it. I wish I could require a password to some apps. No other major critiques.
The screen does, in fact, get smudgy as hell when using it, but at least for me, it's only visible from an off angle, so I don't notice while I'm using it. As such, it seems both the "it smudges like a motherfucker" and "it doesn't matter" groups were correct.
If Apple will add in some sort of parental controls system or something for accessing/viewing the existence of some apps, it'll gain substantial utility for me. Until then, it's like a much shinier indoor Kindle.