Comments on: The iPad Will Not Save Your Life, Nor Will It End It

By: Jason Block

Jason Block — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:01:14 +0000

Interactive media book/thing/like a CDROM on steroids project: You need a whole team and probably some seed money to develop a project like that. That means you have to go to meetings and there will invariably be a guy in a tie who might try to hide the fact that his head is a giant calculator but everyone knows it is. I’m just saying.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:58:04 +0000

That is goddamn hilarious.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:48:45 +0000

This is interesting... Macrumors reactions to the original iPod announcement seem a little familiar...

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:26:56 +0000

Those rumors are thankfully past us, having preceded the device’s release. Crazy shiznit.

By: Paul DeLaurentis

Paul DeLaurentis — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:25:35 +0000

I’m not as angry as I may read. I really dislike Apple, but I’ve always looked to them to push the other companies to a higher level. This whole thing feels like a Microsoft thing. I just don’t see where Apple wants to go with this thing.

Also…people are just making shit up now. I haven’t heard on any of these rumors:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35130540/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:50:01 +0000

@Paul: Looking at Apple’s stock price is never a good indicator. Their stock ALWAYS goes up before an announcement and down just after. It’s just the way AAPL traders work. Went down just after the iPhone announcement, down after the iPod announcement, down after the announcement of the move to Intel…

People buy in the rush up to an announcement and short it just after.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:43:23 +0000

I want one, but probably won’t buy one until a later iteration. (Though, I don’t think this is *exactly* a beta product — given that it’s more or less an iPod Touch sequel, I’d say the tech here is generally proven.)

As for this not being a revolution, well, no, it’s not. I don’t know that a product needs to be revolutionary for it to qualify as a good deal, though. If this was $1000+ then I’d balk. But it’s not.

A new car model is rarely a revolution.

The next processor on a PC is rarely a revolution.

And this is like that. It’s a next step, not a leap forward.

Heck, look at the Wii. Yes, the “control scheme” is revolutionary, but every other part of it is in essence just a Gamecube. And yet, the Wii is super-popular, sells very well, and has a far reaching “casual” audience.

– c.

By: Scionical

Scionical — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:40:58 +0000

Might be time to smile calmly and back away, with slow steps and no sudden movements.

(I still want one, and will buy one)

By: Gloria Oliver

Gloria Oliver — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:39:09 +0000

Hahahahahaha! Just totally loved the beginning of this. Like you’re going to ‘put us down’. The newb bumbling into the assassin’s den and his putting us out of our misery! lol.

By: Paul DeLaurentis

Paul DeLaurentis — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:28:28 +0000

I’M CALM DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!