Apple unvails the "Ipad"

Do they have that for a parallel port?

How far we have come.

#1 still hasn't happened though (and this probably won't happen unless Apple buys Adobe )
#2 with the iPad 2.
#3 iOS4 (if you want to call that multi-tasking I guess..)
#4 Done and done.
#5 I believe they are doing this with the next one according to rumors.
#6 I remember how I thought this was going to be a complete blowout because it didn't run OSX. How wrong was I. I guess Apple can really sell anything...
#7 iPad 2 A-GPS 3G
#8 Moving to the "cloud".
#9 Obviously people don't give a shit. Do any mass market Android tablets do this as well?
#10 $39 adapter with iPad 2. http://www.apple.com/ipad/feature...oring.html
Typical Apple.

Well..I'll be looking at the Asus tablet and the HP Slate. Hopefully HP undercuts Apple where it hurts.

Did you know they don't sell parallel ports to women?


Everyone knows they can't parallel port.

Less and less of the web is Flash and more and more is HTML 5 or has specialized iPad versions of sites. The web truly is starting to revolve around the iPad. It just doesn't matter that it doesn't have Flash. Someday we'll laugh that people complained about lack of Flash, like we can now that people were upset when Apple stopped including 56k modems on their computers.

This product is just a monstrosity. There is no way to truly justify a device so crippled. Lots of people have mentioned that this isnt for techies, but for grandparents and little kids to use easily. Last I remember grandparents love pictures of grandkids and whatnot. How will grandma easily be able to take pictures from her digital camera and send it to family if there is no usb or sd card slot?

Also, wasnt the main hype for the tablet pc to take notes and to use as an ebook reader? Well this product falls on its face in that regard. Tablets need a stylus of somesort so you can DRAW figures while in class along with jotting down some quick notes. IPAD relies on a digital QWERTY for input, which is counterproductive from a physical keyboard. Artists were dreaming of a cheap Apple made tablet to draw on (Modbook doesnt count). As a ereader, this uses a tradition backlit LCD which cant be used in direct sunlight and strains your eyes if your tyring to read for over 3 hours straight, thats why E-Ink dominates in that market.

For the media junkies, this has no HDMI, and no way to simply play media from a usb stick. No flash, so no youtube (Relying on HTML5 is just stupid at this point, functionality needs to be there out of the box).

So, now what is the purpose of this thing? Im failing to see how a non techie could find use of a closed system machine that has a app store, and a browswer. If Apple really wanted to be revolutionary, I know exactly what could have made that happen, and im not asking for anything difficult. Hybrid OS X/ Iphone OS, pretty much just OS X with Iphone App emulation. 1 USB port, 1 Displayport or HDMI, webcam. CULV Intel with 9400m, and a simple stylus support. A Windows 7 Convertable Tablet w/ CULV processor can do all these things, but people buy into the Apple marketing machine and think anything that isnt apple stinks.