I am not sure what are you guys talking about, my ipad have an Itunes and AppStore app, the iTunes app i can buy music, podcast, videos, tv shows, all that, it have different tabs and everything. The AppStore...well ....guess it... Allow me to by apps, magazines and such.
And the iPod.app is te media player.
not sure why you guys don't see it different, It looks just like on the iPhone with HD formatting