While the iPad might not have lived up to all the internet hype, it is a rather cool development. I recently wrote an article over at Wide Island View about the iPad’s potential as a very awesome Japanese study tool.

Here is how I see it. If you’re a hard-core learner of Japanese, you’ve probably got a bag full of study materials that you haul around everywhere you go. There’s your Japanese language grammar book, your kanji book, your electric dictionary, the Japanese children’s book you’re trying to read, your study notebook and journal, flash cards and note cards, and if you’re lucky also an iPod filled with J-pop music and maybe a Japanese movie you’re trying to get through. Now imagine you can replace all those things with an iPad. It’s not such a stretch.

Check it out if you’re in the mood.