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First thing im gonna do is charge it! With this huge battery, it will take longer to charge... And a dead battery is the last thing i want to happen especially when trying a new toy!
 
'Browsing through past purchases choosing what to install again!'

Is there an easy place to see which apps you've bought on the app store now? I know you can see the names in the history section, but that's not very user friendly.

Yes. The purchased tab. There is a little button at the top that also says "not on this iPad" so you can look at those that are not downloaded.
 
I think I'm going to open mine very slowly. There's something about opening new Apple products and I want to enjoy it as much as a I can.
 
Turn it on, marvel in the glory that is the Retina Display, spend too much time deciding on a wallpaper, hop on the couch with a pre-St. Paddy's Day beer, and then download these apps:

  • Dropbox
  • Flipboard
  • Tweetbot
  • Guardian Eyewitness app
  • Facebook
  • Condition One
  • iA writer
  • Netflix
  • Avid Studio, iMovie?
  • Photoshop touch
  • Remarks
  • Kindle and iBooks
  • Skitch for iPad
  • 1Password
  • One World push paper press
  • The Daily (maybe)
  • HuffPo
  • Music apps - Drum machine synth? GarageBand?
  • Reeder
  • Evernote
  • Screens vnc
  • Oplayer
  • ALIENBLUE

(I've been keeping a running list in Evernote)
 
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