To draw a comparison, suppose Owen Gleiberman and Joe Morgenstern decided to be nasty in their reviews of every movie ever released. The studios couldn't cut them off. They could make it harder for their tough critics to get into advance screenings, but it would be almost impossible to shut them out. The Apple situation seems much clearer: a handful of writers get to play while the others wait.

Does he really not see that this is Movie reviewers get to see the movies so they can write the review before it comes out. They get to do that because the studios let them. Anyone who wants can write an iPad review now that's it's been released.

But, more importantly, did you know that the iPad

Don Tennant (motto: "I am also wearing a suit!") says (tip o' the antlers to , who actually has a ).