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Apple unvails the "Ipad"

12,205 1,162 January 27, 2010 at 10:17 AM
I think its kind of ugly Frown

And the name is stupid.


Its litteraly just a really big iphone. Looks almost comical.

No word on price yet.

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Last Edited by ajkam January 28, 2010 at 05:45 AM
There was a madtv skit about the Ipad can someone please post it?

HERE YOU GO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs

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01-27-2010 at 10:18 AM.
01-27-2010 at 10:18 AM.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/2...refresh=30

Seriously? The iPad? My fiance's first thoughts - "what's with the name, are they trying to appeal to women?" LMAO

It's a big urlhasbeenblocked/iphone. And this is something they've been working all this time? Who cares? I also don't see how this will effect e-books, because if I was ever going to buy one, it would still be the Nook or Kindle for their "friendly on the eye" screens.

What do you guys think? I'd be VERY surprised to see 10 million sold this year.

Latest quote you know is BS: ""What is the battery life like? We've been able to achieve 10 hours of battery life. I can take a flight from San Francisco to Tokyo and watch video the whole time. And it has over a month of standby time.""

YEAH, right. Your "7 hour" battery life on your MBPs are more like 4 hrs at best. Maybe this is 10hrs on the lowest brightness, no wifi, and staring at the home screen.
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01-27-2010 at 10:19 AM.
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01-27-2010 at 10:19 AM.
01-27-2010 at 10:19 AM.
lolz, it looks fake.

People are scrambling to Apple stores nationwide as we speak just to be the first to get their hands on it.
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01-27-2010 at 10:20 AM.
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i thought they decided on iSuck o.o
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01-27-2010 at 10:20 AM.
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I just dont get why they made it a big iphone, If I wanted a big screen with a dummed down processor Ide buy an eeepc.

Im holding out official judgment till I hear the price, If its over 700 Its a fail.
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01-27-2010 at 10:21 AM.
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as an apple fan, both the name and device seem lame. unless this is priced competitively to netbooks (which i doubt), i don't see this taking off.
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01-27-2010 at 10:21 AM.
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Does anyone remember the onion video where they joked about Apple releasing a laptop with one button? Well, looks like it came true.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA
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it reminds me of this
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01-27-2010 at 10:24 AM.
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(stupid) people will buy it for status

ok i'll admit i'm an apple consumer. there are some academic advantages to the macbooks (for my work anyways) and productivity advantages for the iphone.

but having those two items...i feel no need for this tablet thingy.
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01-27-2010 at 10:25 AM.
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what do you expect when Jobs had to cram all night to get it done?
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01-27-2010 at 10:25 AM.
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Does it run a full OS (e.g., Snow Leopard) or is it literally just a big iPod Touch?
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