So what does one think of the iPad (not iSlate/iTablet/iWhatever) ?

[emzie]

Hmmm, at 500 bucks, I'm interested. I'll wait for the price to come down, but that's the future of print media.

 

[.Shane.]

And a bit bulky compared to competing products

You know, if they reduced the form and added a camera and phone capabilities, they just might be on to something!

 

[sophie]

I don't even have an iPhone yet! Overall, I don't really see a reason to shell out $500 on this.

A funny link my friend sent me:
20 Things I already know about the iSlate

 

[Patroklos]

Its just one big drop hazard

 

[sophie]

Its just one big drop hazard

They should make 'em more like the gameboy. I can't count how many times I dropped my GBA downstairs. It still works to this day

 

[really]

Wet and Woofy

Link to video.

 

[Mise]

 

[Kozmos]

They should make 'em more like the gameboy. I can't count how many times I dropped my GBA downstairs. It still works to this day

And the old NES controllers. Those things were made to be hurled into walls. (several games had that near impossible difficulty rage factor)

 

[sophie]

And the old NES controllers. Those things were made to be hurled into walls. (several games had that near impossible difficulty rage factor)

Oh yeah, retro games were so hard! Checkpoints? We don't need no stinking checkpoints! If this were an easier game we might give you a code composed of 20 random characters so you can continue from the halfway point, but no, we require you to play the whole game in one sitting without dying. Good luck.

I present this to you as evidence:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Surfer_(video_game)

 

[uppi]

Looks like an oversized iPhone.

 

[civ_king]

They should make 'em more like the gameboy. I can't count how many times I dropped my GBA downstairs. It still works to this day

GBC was even tougher, lets see
*puked on (twice)
*dropped to bottom of 13ft pool
*Thrown against brick (four time)
*thrown off 2 story building
it finally broke after my sister spent 20 minutes with a hammer on it

 

[Formaldehyde]

More of Jobs' brave new world:


Link to video.

 

[Joecoolyo]

And this is why I won't buy one

http://i.gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad

 

[mangxema]

I continue to be completely underwhelmed by apple products.

 

[warpus]

Link to video.

Slightly longer clip of the presentation here.

Did he really just say: "Just like holding the internet in your hands" ?

Come onnn.. I hope this thing bombs.

 

[Mise]

This meme is pretty funny.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

And it is true. It's just basically a larger iPhone.

 

[amadeus]

On a related note, Apple stock is down 4% today.

 

[Martacus]

Eh, it's just another expensive toy from Apple. Do they even make actual computers anymore?

 

[Gabryel Karolin]

I'm not buying one.