[NTLK] hello iPad

[Mark Rollins]

It's almost like that "4th product" that Apple used to hint at back in  
the Quadra days has come to fruition.
(insofar as the iPhone is just an extension of the iPod, but this is a  
whole new class of devices).

Yes it's not perfect (iChat camera would've been sweet) but as noted  
for a Rev 1.0 it's more like a Rev 2.3.
And read the specs fully, it's got a lot more (e.g. the 3G model have  
GPS) than you think.

I imagine there were more then a few techno-geeks and Newtophiles who  
metaphorically (or in actuality) soiled themselves around 1:14 EST  
yesterday. I know I did!

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> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:07:58 -0800
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> Well, it's official. It's called the iPad. You might not like the
> name (I do) but there's so much more to it than the branding.
>
> It's packed with features. All the iPhone apps have been retooled and

> --snip--

>
> I feel like this is the device Steve Jobs has had in mind from the
> beginning. What a master. Slowly, over time, he accrued capital and
> expertise by selling useful products that built one on the other,
> until he was able to roll out this, a computer for the rest of us, a
> data appliance that anyone can pickup and learn to use in seconds.
> With the iPad and the Internet we finally have the fabled Dynabook,
> the Knowledge Navigator. Thanks Steve. Get some rest.