Is the iPad the next big thing in mobile gaming?

Personally I think no, with the DS still being a hot commodity and the PS Vita coming out soon it is going to be hard to dethrone the big gaming companies with a tablet as the next big thing in mobile gaming. My friend and I had a discussion about this, with her bringing up the point you aren't going to take your Vita with you to work but you will your iPad and while at work you can mix pleasure and business with your iPad. I agree with that point, but solely as a gaming device the iPad has a lot of work to do. I've seen games run on the iPad, and they look good and sometimes play just as good, but the problem isn't the games and the graphics, it's the constant crashing of game apps. Many a times I have tried to play Red Faction on my friends iPad and many a times it has crashed mid game. The iPad may become a gaming titan in the future at some point, but for the immediate future if you're a true gamer you will probably go out and buy a PS Vita, even if you have an iPad.