Finally

So finally...
We get the news on Apple's new "iPad". I'm just grateful that we finally have an official name for it.
I was getting tired of hearing rumors about "iSlate", "iBook", and "i'MOverPriced."

This thing is a giant iPod Touch. It has no hard keyboard, no video calling options, no cellphone abilities, and no chance. Steve Jobs says it has //up to// a 10-hr battery life, but that is always considering what you use it for. The processor is a Mac-made 1 ghz thing that no one will be able to get any kind of Intel programs on.

I guess I just have to face the facts...
This is only for media.

It can't be compared to a tablet PC. The two are in completely different categories.

As an Apple product, it's the next evolutionary step in the iPod line. A dummy-proof gadget that begs the user to think less and play more.

"Flicking stuff is fun!"
- Apple Users Everywhere

Why don't we all just flick stuff until we feel better about how little we know about our own computers?

Dear Mac,
Just keep flicking. It will all be over soon.
Sincerely,
PC

Now that this product is released I am sure that Apple will forever be doomed to be a one-hit-wonder. I think Apple knows this... They didn't build their iPad like a MacBook. They built it like an iPhone. Why? Because that is the only chance it can have at success.

One-hit-wonders are just fine. "Slow Ride" is a great song which makes Foghat a good band. Are they any less good because that's the only thing people know of them? I don't know. I haven't heard anything else by them. Anyways... I haven't really said anything and now I have to go back to work without getting to make my final rousing point.

Whoops