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iPad Overly Hyped and A Mockery

Linora Low — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:30:46 +0000

Interesting things that happened since the launch of the iPad from this morning. Firstly I was looking on my tweetdeck. Let’s just say at that point in time, there were tons of people tweeting and updating their statuses on Facebook as Steve Jobs revealed the iPad. Shortly after though, there were also comment on how it is over hyped and over priced.

I’m all for Apple products because it really knows how to place itself in the market. Good technology and good branding means good sales. However I wonder what Apple was thinking when he named it the iPad? I mean in our asian culture parents always make it a point to usually name their child with something that is not easy to make fun of.

A name like the iPad? I personally preferred it when it was named the iTablet.

So much so that i found this video on youtub. A little mockery of the iPad. Have a good laugh hehe

iPad Price Revealed

Linora Low — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:30:09 +0000

After Steve Jobs revealed the iPad. We are all keen to know how much it is. Here are the prices revealed.

It comes as stated in the previous post, in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. All in all fair enough i suppose but i don’t think it’s enough space.

I don’t know if i’m all that crazy about the 3G addition. You basically spend another $130 to get it in WiFi and 3G. Is that really worth it? Shipping will start in 60 days. hmmm but another 30 more days for one to get it together with 3G. I think i can survive

Steve Jobs Reveals The iPad

Linora Low — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:49:38 +0000

After much anticipation. The time has finally come for the iTablet to be revealed by Steve Jobs. For those of you who are online now – like now on Thursday 28th January, 2:22AM (my time) – you can catch the liveblog update of what is happening now here at Engadget.

If i’m not mistaken Crunchgear is also showing a livestream of what is going on now too.

Watch live streaming video from crunchgear at livestream.com

Yes it’s not actually called iTablet but deemed the iPad. Like a friend of mine from Tech Idiots mentioned to me before when i was drooling over my laptop, think of it like a humongous iPod Touch. I won’t be surprised when they somehow turn this into an iPad Phone

Details of the iPad

Completely Multitouch (Whooaaaaaaa)
Thickness : " .5 inches thin, (Sooooo Da Thin!)
Weight: 1.5 pounds (Its practically weightless!!)
Display size: 9.7 inch IPS (I’m in heaven!)
Processor: 1GH A4 Chip made by Apple (umm… ok? sorry to geek for me )
Harddisk space: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB of space (Only?)
Battery Life: 10 hours (not enough!)
Speaker, Microphone: Yes
Wifi : Yes
Bluetooth: Yes
Applications : Compatible with all the Iphone Apps (thats what they say, don’t blame me, if it doesn’t)
Availability :

In the meantime you can catch see what it looks like. Pictures of the iPad are from Engadget

Steve Jobs holding up his new baby. The iPad.

In it’s full glory.

This is probably one of the things that intrigues me most. It looks like a darn book but on screen. lol. Yes i’m going all geekly on this.

The AppStore.

Environmentally safe?

Watch movies in wonderful galore.

Putting on schedules will now become a dream.

At least my eyes won’t be soar anymore from reading really tiny prints on a small screen. I’m really appreciative of this It’s turnable… if that is even a word. Have your iPad on landscape or even portrait mode.

This feature is really cool! Embedded video inside of articles that can be played.

Seeing a map on screen never became this cool! Oh my gosh i’m getting goosebumps from just the actual thought of trying it out myself.

I don’t think i can possibly get everything squeezed into the one post. But those are the few things that have caught my eyes so far