Mac’s-i-Pad… not just for women
Chris joshed the other day, before the highly anticipated launch of Apple’s latest darling, the iPad. “Sounds like maxi pad… Mac’s-i-Pad“. I LOLed. And after the launch, yes, the jokes were flying everywhere; suddenly even hardcore Apple fans were quick to hurtle and hurl insults.
Sure, it doesn’t support multitasking, Flash, 3G (until April, available w/ Wi-Fi in March)… (Chris is miffed that it’s LED not EPD, but ppl want to read color and solely indoors, apparently) taking a tumble to prehistoric “(powder-coated aluminum) coaster” status, BUT it’s the first step to a broad new market where Apple is, once again, the forerunner and monopolizer, which in this industry, lasts up until v1.0000001 at its most generous.
Also, are you really that surprised a first gen Apple product didn’t live up to the hype? You care too much about what other people think, my friend. It’s meant to replace the netbook and eBook, not the iPhone… for now. And besides, what drooling e-junkie isn’t already clearing a spot amongst his e-trophies for this, er, really big iPod touch? Relax with a phony-yoga app already.
So bring on the HP Slate and the Microsoft Courier… I’m both excited about new products to play with, and worried about my grandchildren evolving into ennui-afflicted Morlocks sans pinkies.
