It’s the iPad’s third anniversary and IT’S TIME FOR SOME PAYBACK! TUAW looks back at those who were oh, so very wrong about the iPad.

Truth be told, I thought the iPad would sell like the proverbial breakfast cakes that are also flat but didn’t expect it to be the hit it turned out to be. I should have known better, though, because I hardly ever saw our first iPad. My son, naturally, took to it like a kid to an electronic device that you can download games to. My wife was recovering from a surgery that following week and lay on the couch with it for hours watching documentaries. Six months later I gave in to the realization that “my” iPad was the family iPad and bought myself another. I have a feeling that wasn’t an uncommon experience.

We still have that unit, it still works and it still doesn’t run Flash. It does seem a little long in the tooth now since it won’t run iOS 6, but I don’t think I’ve ever gotten as much use out of a $500 computer.