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January 30, 2010 1:49pm by David Farrar

The iPad

Very funny. Hat Tip: Stuff

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tom hunter

Umm…. Yes.

Ever since I first read about the upcoming ‘iPad’ I wondered if this would be a bridge too far for a company that is otherwise very slick at marketing and innovation. It would not be the first time that such a company would screw up in the very field they’re supposed to be good at. Could not they have at least tried for the “iTablet” – clunky, but it escapes this sort of link.

Over the last few months you could probably find dozens of references to the other type of “pad” in discussions of this product – so a TV skit is not unsurprising. This looks like a screw-up by Apple, in that ridicule is what they apply to Windows. We’ll see how they handle the same treatment.
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January 30, 2010 2:42pm
Fletch

That’s very weak. Kind of funny if you were in primary school maybe.
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January 30, 2010 4:06pm
David in Chch

Remember gang, this skit was done way before the iPad was mooted. It was devised after the iMac, iPhone, etc., and was the next logical progression.

And I read other analyses of the name, and all agreed that while it has its problems, all other choices were worse. It also, frankly, raises the profile even more. No one will not have heard of the iPad by now. 🙂
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January 30, 2010 4:17pm
Pete George

YAD – many will have heard of it, who needs one? More like iSmudge (but I won’t). Not a phone, not a PC, so it’s Yet Another Device for the “trendy”.
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January 30, 2010 6:24pm
anonymouse

Well, lets just obey godwins law and get the downfall version out of the way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnT0zp8Ya4
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January 30, 2010 6:30pm
suzie q

And here is the Obama State of the Nation version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCHzgRPXRCM&feature=popular
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January 30, 2010 8:00pm
Hurf Durf

The iPad is totally unsuited for women. They can’t multitask.
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January 30, 2010 8:09pm

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