What the heck does that mean?
Haha, we got a noob!! This phrase has been used for the better part of a decade as reference to Steve Jobs' ability to convince people that they need to buy whatever new Apple product he is announcing on stage.
As for the OP's iPad decision, welcome! We are a growing community. I think iPad could end up being bigger than iPhone. Even some of my graphic design professors are hopping on the bandwagon and they aren't usually phased by new Apple products. They are excited about the prospects of print content moving to digital formats. One of my professors ran his own design company in Europe for 25 years (usually working with book publishers) and he said that the iPad will change everything. Publishers will be excited to shed the costs of paper, inks, presses, maintenance workers, warehouse space and other related costs of physical objects. Then they are able to lower book prices, spurring even more sales as more people read. It's all really win-win, just like it was back in the day when Gutenburg invented mechanical movable type. Books are quickly becoming deprecated as faster means of relaying information are deployed. The iPad is just a stepping stone into a new age.
In addition to all the people who think I'm crazy talking about doing actual design work, image editing and sketching on the iPad (I've been blasted before): several of my design professors are planning on doing many of these things with the iPad. Especially sketches, portable portfolio, and the like until more apps are brought to market. IPS display FTW. Rough comps that are finalized for print on a Mac most likely. For many projects, all you'll need are your color books. Absolute calibration is only really needed for process work and photo editing. Hopefully we can get some display calibration functions in future OS updates. It's a shame to waste that beautiful display. Hopefully factory settings will get us 95% there.