of course it will be both a consumer and professional device, but Apple just has a sure win for the device with a part of an industry that needs to get up to speed. This puts an end to the 'the world doesn't need a tablet' talk.
but for reading the newspaper or surfing on your couch, I doubt that it's so much of an improvement over a notebook.
Reading on my Kindle DX is completely different and way better than reading on my 15" MacBook Pro.