The Apple iPad: Who cares?

After all the speculation and hype building up to the release of the Apple tablet, Apple sure did disappoint.

You need an adapter for USB for fucks sake. No video output connector, no multitasking, all apps go through Apples App Store. The list of missing features goes on. And it's ugly as sin. The iPod Touch/iPhone design is starting to get old in my opinion. What's with that ugly ass bezel.

Jobs claimed that it has the best web browsing experience ever. Really? So that means Apple will finally support Flash on their mobile devices. Oh wait they aren't. Considering so many websites use Flash I don't see how the iPad will deliver the best web browsing experience.

If they did anything right, they got the price down to a reasonable level to compete with Netbooks at a price of $500 for the 16GB model. Of course Netbooks support up to x10 that much disk space so at $500 I can buy a laptop that does everything the iPad can't. Well besides the touch surface I suppose.

Thoughts?

I think the iPad will make ridiculous amounts of money, people will be queuing for blocks to get one and everybody that has one will be pompous and arrogant and think theyre a superhero.

Tis the power of branding in a consumer economy where the consumers are idiots

Yeah my friend and I were talking about this. Doesn't matter how terrible of a device it is. People are going to buy one regardless to show off to their friends.

steve jobs is fucking laughing

mind you i would be if made shed loads of money just because all my products shared a similar simple design

for instance, Stephen Fry was one of the first to try it out and said "It's transcendentally smooth and fast. It's astounding. God, it's beautiful. The display is stunning. I'm drooling with anticipation."

So Apple has yet again managed to fool people into wanting shit that looks pretty and works like it should. Advertising and Marketing win.

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Originally Posted by sailor jack

I think the iPad will make ridiculous amounts of money, people will be queuing for blocks to get one and everybody that has one will be pompous and arrogant and think theyre a superhero.

Tis the power of branding in a consumer economy where the consumers are idiots

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And you can replace iPad with anything Apple.

As far as I can tell, they created a big iPhone and added books to the iTunes store. Like a heavily locked-down netbook without a keyboard. Why? Apparently they want this to become the Apple eReader, but they aren't even using eInk. It'd be like reading a book on a laptop (since it's the same backlit LCD technology), which sucks, unless eyestrain happens to give you a hard-on.

No one with any technological credibility should care.

No one with any sense of self-respect should care either.

So to conclude, the answer to the question "Who cares?" is Apple nerds who are nobodies and therefore nobody

nobody cares

Macintosh is one of those companies that earns both my distaste and my respect. I hate their products, and would never/have never bought any of them because of how bad they are, yet I am incredibly impressed with their sales figures and their ability to tap into the social side of sales. :)

To me,

Apple is to Scion ~ as
Technology is to Cars

Well I care because they sent me an email marketing it to me which I had to delete.

Just kidding I use gmail I haven't deleted an email in years.

This about sums up the iPad:

http://cnettv.cnet.com/buzz-report-s...-50082923.html

hey i just read steve jobs' diary and i found an exclisive picture of the 2nd generation iPad

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/v...fox66/iPad.jpg

still no flash but looks a hell of a lot better. ONLY $35 SQUILLION WITHOUT A DATA PLAN OR 3G

I heard that instead of flash they just installed quicktime twice on it so it's ok guys.

I was very disappointed at the announcement of the iPad.... a piece of shit. Looks like a giant iPhone to me

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Originally Posted by thec00k

Looks like a giant iPhone to me

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More of a giant iPod Touch, but yeah.

If I'm going to get a tablet, I'm getting this guy:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/l...d-impressions/

It's just a big iPhone.

guys just help me out i'm confused about one thing is it essentially just a big iphone

Or a big ipod touch

The only useful thing about the iPad: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...s_you_can.html

Thank you Citrix.