Joe Hewitt, developer of the outstanding iPhone Facebook app, has some interesting thoughts about the iPad. Most intriguing is the idea that he sees the iPhone OS eventually moving into the laptop space and Mac OS X’s turf. Interesting times.

Ars Technica has an interesting piece about potential iPad competitors and Apple’s $499 price point. Potential competitors were banking on beating Apple’s price with their competing Android devices. Now they are scratching their heads. With Apple controlling the chip, the hardware, and software, I…