Everything I read about the iPad (and believe me, I’ve read a lot) uses the near term to predict it’s failure or success. How many sales will Apple see in March? How many in April? Will Kindle outpace the iPad by Christmas? Everyone seems to be thinking about this year and maybe next year.

When I look at the iPad I don’t see the computer I’ll buy this year (though I might). I see the computer my kid(s) will take to college in 20 years. I see the video games we’ll play in 5 years. I see the magazines I’ll read when traveling on high speed rail from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 10 20 30 40 years.

Many call the iPad evolutionary, and indeed it is. It’s an iPhone with a bigger screen and faster CPU. Don’t believe me? Download the SDK.

What the iPad predicts for the future of computing however, is revolutionary indeed.