Probably not:

Jens Stoltenberg, the Norwegian prime minister, who was stranded in New York because of Iceland’s volcanic ash cloud over the weekend, was using an iPad to run his government remotely, according to his press secretary.

Here’s my new favorite prime minister hard at work at the airport. Tusen takk, dude, for helping me make my case to the skeptical and austere prime minister of my household that we rilly, rilly need to get an iPad. (“Sell the house in Dallas first, then we’ll talk,” she says, meanly):
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UPDATE: Behold, the next generation iPhone has a front-facing camera for video chat; you just know the next generation iPad will too. I’m gonna wait.

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