iPad

[IronMexican]

Not impressed. Supposedly costs more than it should, too.

[I. Hustle]

So you can surf the web while it stops your bleeding?

[Dex]

$499 is too much? You can fully load the thing wit a 64GB Flash HD and 3G for less than $900.

Sure, that's more than those piece of scrap $300 netbooks that are out there. But that's because the thing still has the Apple logo on it.

[ManuTP9]

I plan on getting one, the thing looks godly.

[admiralsnackbar]

I have an iPhone and use a Mac for work and am generally happy with it, but I have to say I'm tired of Apple's marketing shtick. The promo for the iPad, wherein they try to pass off features that have now been around for 3 years as new and revelatory, is almost a parody of past campaigns.

"When you turn it, it spins! OMG!!!"
"When you pinch the screen, it changes size! OMG!!!"
"When you want to add applications, you can! OMG!!!"
"The new apps are 'an order of magnitude' more awesome than the old apps! OMG!!!"
"It's like a laptop, but smaller, and you can surf the net with it! OMG!!!"

I mean it's a cool alternative to the Kindle and netbooks, and it's priced low (by Apple standards) because they think their bookstore will clean up, but enough with the disingenuous, self-congratulatory horseshit already! It's just a big iPhone sans the phone! For this you generate a tsunami of hype?

[BacktoBasics]

and thank god its not a phone because it wouldn't take long for the blacks to figure out how to Velcro that shit to their heads.

[admiralsnackbar]

and thank god its not a phone because it wouldn't take long for the blacks to figure out how to Velcro that shit to their heads.

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

[TheMACHINE]

just saw someone carrying an oversized iphone. I said "can it make calls?"...he said "no"...i said, "thats iWhacked". True story.

[Whisky Dog]

Just a giant iPod touch. Why the hell buy that?

[Whisky Dog]

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

I think it's his way of saying that black people like to strap commercial things to themselves to show off.

[koriwhat]

and thank god its not a phone because it wouldn't take long for the blacks to figure out how to velcro that shit to their heads.

attention whore

[BacktoBasics]

What the hell is that supposed to mean?Something along these lines

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e319/pavetheworld420/handsfreephone.jpg

[BacktoBasics]

attention whore:rolleyes

[admiralsnackbar]

Something along these lines

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e319/pavetheworld420/handsfreephone.jpg

KKKlassy

[BacktoBasics]

KKKlassyAt least it matches his hair.

[robino2001]

So you can surf the web while it stops your bleeding?

Sony announced they're coming out with it's competitor... the tamplet

[I. Hustle]

Sony announced they're coming out with it's competitor... the tamplet

Well thank you for acknowledging my clever post. Everyone else passed it up.

[robino2001]

Well thank you for acknowledging my clever post. Everyone else passed it up.

Too good to pass up... the jokes write themselves on this one...

At least there is a no-contract option for the iPad... no strings attached

[admiralsnackbar]

Too good to pass up... the jokes write themselves on this one...

At least there is a no-contract option for the iPad... no strings attached

:lol

[Dex]

I'm not quite an Apple junkie, but I won't buy PC at this point. And you Linux fanboys can sudo f -off, because I don't feel like command lining my OS.

That being said, the iPad looks really tempting and seems like a neat gadget, but so was the Macbook Air. I have an iMac at home that does everything I need to do as far as computing. I have an iPod that allows me to do everything that I want to do on the fly, such as internet, email, photos, movies, facebook, etc. Sure, it would be great to be doing all that stuff on a bigger screen, but I also can't fit that into my pocket.

That being said, I'd probably just sink the money into a nice Macbook Pro to replace my HP laptop before I'd get one of these things. But it's still a mighty tempting toy.

[ManuTP9]

I wonder if apple stepped up on there security on this one. will a jailbreak even be possible at all?.

[King]

I'm not quite an Apple junkie, but I won't buy PC at this point. And you Linux fanboys can sudo f -off, because I don't feel like command lining my OS.

That being said, the iPad looks really tempting and seems like a neat gadget, but so was the Macbook Air. I have an iMac at home that does everything I need to do as far as computing. I have an iPod that allows me to do everything that I want to do on the fly, such as internet, email, photos, movies, facebook, etc. Sure, it would be great to be doing all that stuff on a bigger screen, but I also can't fit that into my pocket.

That being said, I'd probably just sink the money into a nice Macbook Pro to replace my HP laptop before I'd get one of these things. But it's still a mighty tempting toy.

I think that's exactly what it is. I have an iMac and a MBP, and would want one of these if someone gave it to me - but it's just a gadget. It doesn't do anything that my current computers can't. It probably does less - but it looks cool.

I'd like it if I had a job where I did a lot of plane traveling. Like a kindle on steroids.

[resistanze]

Weak.

[JoeChalupa]

I won't be getting one but I heard about it.

[CuckingFunt]

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[balli]

And you Linux fanboys can sudo f -off

:lol

[Viva Las Espuelas]

iPad name draws feminine hygiene jokes

By John D. Sutter, CNN




San Francisco, California (CNN) -- Punch lines about hygiene products flooded the blogosphere on Wednesday only moments after Apple Inc. announced it would call its new touch-screen computer the "iPad."
"The mocking goes along the lines of: Yes, the iPad is small, lightweight and slim. But can you swim with it?" wrote the Los Angeles Times' tech blog.
The term iTampon -- a riff on the fact that the iPad can be taken to sound more like a maxipad than a slick new computer -- was the third most-talked about trend on Twitter on Wednesday evening.
Some female bloggers wrote that Apple seemed not to have any women on its marketing team.
"With "iTampon" quickly emerging as a trending Twitter topic, it's probably safe to say that many women found themselves cringing as they asked, 'Do any women work at Apple?' " wrote Annie Colbert on the blog "Holy Kaw!"
The tech community has discussed the name for Apple's new keyboard-less computer for months if not years. Rumor had it that the device might be called the iSlate, but one reporter at Apple's San Francisco event joked that the term "slate" might sound too ancient or heavy for a lightweight lap computer.
"Slate is a little bit 'Flintstones,' " said Stephen Hutcheon, an editor at The Sydney Morning Herald, a newspaper in Australia.
It's also unclear what people should call the category of computers that now includes the iPad. Some refer to computers without keyboards and with touch-screens as "slate computers."
Others call them tablets, a term that also can refer to '90s devices with keyboards and pens attached.
After Apple unveiled the iPad at an invitation-only event, some tech journalists said they thought the jokes about feminine hygiene would dissipate soon.
The name "iPod" sounded strange at first, for example, and now is a part of the standard vocabulary, said Hutcheon.
"If you think of iPods in 2001, we probably got the same smirks," he said. "I think the jokes will disappear."
He added that one could take "pad" to mean "home," which is where Apple CEO Steve Jobs hopes many people will use the iPad to read books, watch movies and the like.
Andy Ihnatko, a tech columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times, said Apple could call its new gadget a "mangled baby duck" and people would still buy it, both because Apple has sex appeal and because the iPad is a good product.
"With the right device, marketing doesn't really matter," he said.
The name iPad sticks with Apple's "i" line of branding and is therefore a smart move, said Jacqui Cheng, a senior writer at the tech site Ars Technica.
"I don't hate it," she said of the name. "I don't know if I love it, but it's OK."
Still, the torrent of online jokes about the iPad could stick in consumers' minds. It seems particularly damaging that MADtv was making fun of the iPad name long before Apple ever introduced its new product.
A years-old comedy skit from the show circulated the Internet on Wednesday. It shows two women discussing an Apple period-maintenance device called the iPad.
As Twitter user @DontStealMyPen notes snarkily, the botched iPad name has the potential to alter shopping habits:
"Will women send their husbands to the Apple store to buy iPads?" the user wrote.

[Scola]

First of all, It has a horrible name, how can I take it seriously? :0
Who was the genius in Marketing who came up with that one....

Besides its overpriced and just seems like a larger Ipod touch.
I already have a net-book which I take with me, it allows me to do more stuff and it was less expensive.

[symple19]

I plan on getting one, the thing looks godly.

This is, and always will be, the problem with fanboys/brand-whores. They'll buy anything so long as it has a known logo/name.

[symple19]

First of all, It has a horrible name, how can I take it seriously? :0
Who was the genius in Marketing who came up with that one....

Besides its overpriced and just seems like a larger Ipod touch.
I already have a net-book which I take with me, it allows me to do more stuff and it was less expensive.

Who gives a fuck what their marketing department does? Is it practical? Does it fill a void in your life that you've been lacking?

If so, buy it.

If not, well, don't fucking buy it just because it's from apple and you're infatuated with a skinny guy who wears mom-jeans and a black turtle-neck.



Bolded part I agree with whole-heartedly.

[to21]

Sony announced they're coming out with it's competitor... the tamplet


Too good to pass up... the jokes write themselves on this one...

At least there is a no-contract option for the iPad... no strings attached:lol

[ShoogarBear]

Apple is planning to mop up with the iPad.

[leemajors]

I wonder if apple stepped up on there security on this one. will a jailbreak even be possible at all?.

it's unlocked.

[leemajors]

I won't be getting one personally, but it is a neat gadget that will probably sell really well and possibly kill the Kindle. Way more functionality, looks better, don't need a light source to read, open book format instead of Amazon's proprietary locked one. You could download gigs of comics/books in pdf or ePub format and zip through them. The main reason I wouldn't consider getting it is the lack of HD output. You can get an HP netbook with Intel Atom and NVidia Ion chipset with HDMI out for less. Interface would suck compared to the iPad, but I could deal with it. Plus I still don't plan on reading digital books anytime soon.

[Gerryatrics]

I was beaten to the MADtv iPad video, so I'll just leave this here...

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[TheManFromAcme]

KKKlassy

:lol

[TeyshaBlue]

Won't run multiple applications.:rolleyes WTF? I'm out.

[spurster]

I heard there was another version coming soon: the iPad WiMax.

[Dr Cox]

im def getting one

[ShoogarBear]

Won't run multiple applications.:rolleyes WTF? I'm out.

Obviously you mean it won't multitask applications. And yes, that's a showstopper.

[Shelly]

hmm...AAPL stock as gown down since the announcement yesterday. Dunno if that's why or the market in general

[Drachen]

hmm...AAPL stock as gown down since the announcement yesterday. Dunno if that's why or the market in general

It's the market mostly (maybe a tiny bit Ipad). Ford reported earnings today, $2.7 Billion in profit for the year (they were expected to profit in quarter 4, but were expected to take a loss for the whole year). The first time since 2005 that they have made an annual profit. This was a 17.5 Billion dollar swing from the previous year. Also reported that the first time since 1995 that they have gained market share. A seperate report came out stating that Ford would be one of the biggest beneficiaries of Toyotas accelerator problem . . . . . and Ford stock is down over 1%.

AAPL is in the same boat. It is being speculated that the little bit that is Ipad related is actually due to the fact that they introduced the device, then talked about how you can buy a data plan through AT&T for it. This seems like a vote of confidence in the exclusivity contract that AT&T had (at least to the market, myself included). This puts a damper on expectations since everyone expected them to open it up to the rest of the carriers which would effectively double or triple the market for Iphones. Not to mention all of the problem AT&t is having with providing 3g to the Iphones that are already out there without this new device clogging the bandwidth.

[sonic21]

No multitask

FAIL

[fraga]

How could fail on the name...I mean come on...that's the most basic thing you should get down packed...it's funny how if you look around...you'll see everyone heard it was gonna be called the "iSlate"...but what do they wind up going with...the iPad...wow...simply wow...

[caribbean_spur]

No sure if it has been posted:

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:lol

[Cant_Be_Faded]

hitler LOVES to get pissed at current events

[Viva Las Espuelas]

No multitask

FAIL

i'm sure it does. whether or not apple is letting the public take advantage of that, is probably the case. just wait for the jailbreak. i have multitask on my iphone. not exactly exciting if you ask me.

[ShoogarBear]

For being a depraved mass murderer, Hitler managed to nail the iPad pretty well.

[DMX7]

Hitler was right about no OSX. That pissed me off too. In fact, he's usually right about most things... except the Jews, of course.

[Bukefal]

This thing fails. It already exists, the name already exists and it looks stupid. They just made a laptop in the shape of a big iphone. It's like they came up with this, just because they had to come up with something quickly.

[Cry Havoc]

It's even worse than what's being mentioned in this thread, although Hitler covers it nicely.

No multitask sucks.

But no flash support!?!?

No camera!?

And perhaps the most hilarious thing: No standard USB support. That's right, you have to buy an adapter to allow it to connect to a USB device.

This thing is a piece of shit. I expect koriwhat to go on a killing spree from disconsolate rage anytime soon.

[ShoogarBear]

No USB? :lmao

I read a review stating that Apple intentionally wants each of their devices to have a specific niche, and that the iPad is really only intended to establish them in the eBook market. If so, that's a huge miscalculation, IMO.

[leemajors]

No USB? :lmao

I read a review stating that Apple intentionally wants each of their devices to have a specific niche, and that the iPad is really only intended to establish them in the eBook market. If so, that's a huge miscalculation, IMO.

There's a USB dongle that plugs into the dock connector. You gotta purchase the accessories, of course. :lol There's plenty of people with expendable income that will feel a need to have something between their laptop and phone, this will probably sell really well at that price point.

[DMX7]

Without Flash Support, this thing is worthless. Can't even watch hulu movies.