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If you want to measure the success or failure of a new product, Twitter is as good a place as any to get a barometer of how people love or hate the latest and greatest.

AppleInsider is reporting that Twitter users have been heading to the site in droves to file reports on Apple’s new iPad since it first became available on Saturday. While most of them are “overwhelmingly happy” with the iPad, you’ll never believe what the biggest complaint is: That it won’t replace their iPhone!

The results come courtesy of the Attensity Group, who analyzed 50,000 tweets related to the iPad. A full 67 percent of Twitter users appear to “like the iPad,” with only another six percent claiming to “love” it. Thankfully, only 24 percent chimed in that they were “not thrilled” with the device, while a mere two percent flat-out “hate” the iPad.

We’re not sure what some of these Twitter users are smoking, but the study found that 26 percent of them complained about how the iPad won’t replace their iPhone -- not that it was ever designed or marketed for that use to begin with. (Stay tuned to MacLife.com, we’ll have the first of a special two-part report on that very topic this week.)

Also a surprise is that only 19 percent of Twitter users were upset by the lack of Adobe Flash, considering how much it’s mentioned by tech journalists. Only 17 percent of users found that the App Store prices were too high.

AppleInsider theorizes that so many users wanting the iPad to replace their iPhone could indicate that some early adopters are already having buyer’s remorse over the Wi-Fi version, perhaps wishing they had instead waited for the 3G-equipped model shipping later this month.

It’s not all about complaining, however -- 38 percent of the the positive Twitter posts were related to iPad apps, and even 26 percent said that the device could replace some of the functions of their iPhone. 17 percent were satisfied with the large touchscreen, while nine percent praised the soft keyboard. Among the favorite apps cited was Apple’s own iBooks at 34 percent, trailed closely by the Netflix app at 31 percent and the iWork suite at 27 percent.