The Wonder that is iPad!
p2pnet view P2P | Advertising:- Apple has been cored so many times it isn’t funny any more. But the Apple Faithful not only keep it afloat, but laud it like it really is something special.
The latest farce centres on the Apfel iPadt which we recently said resembles a big iPhone.
“If it’d been released by any other company, it would’ve inspired a certain amount of coverage, mainly in the trade media. But it’s yet another Apple thingie so it’s FRONT PAGE NEWS !!!”
As p2pnet observed, “Every time Steve Jobs breaks wind, it’s reported as a major event by the lamescream media”.
We clipped the pic on the right from a great story in Britain’s Daily Mail which carries other equally pertinent imagery.
“Criticism of the iPad centred on the following features – or lack of them,” it says, to wit:
- No multitasking
- No camera
- No Flash
- Touch keyboard
- Lack of input
- Closed applications
- Small screen
And the name.
“Some female bloggers wryly commented probably didn’t have any women on its marketing team and ‘iTampon’ quickly became a cheeky trending topic on the micro-blogging site Twitter,” says the Mail, adding:
“A YouTube clip from 2006, now enjoying a fresh surge of popularity, shows the term ‘iPad’ has been ridiculed for years. In the comedy skit shown on the Fox TV channel, two women discuss an Apple period-maintenance device called the iPad.”
Is Steve Jobs worried?
Not. The marketing and PR was free.
But even without the lamescream press corpse, the iPad will be fine for it is written:
“Yea! And Apple shall Triumph! For no matter what the product or what the cost, the Apple Faithful shall buy. And buy. And buy … ”
No need to stay tuned.
(Cheers, RW)
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
resembles a big iPhone – The Glory that’s the Apple iPad !, January 28, 2010
Daily Mail – You cannot be serious!, January 29, 2010
p2pnet – Is the iPad nigh?, January 20, 2010
February, 2010
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Some female bloggers wryly commented probably didn’t have any women on its marketing team and ‘iTampon’ quickly became a cheeky trending topic on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
A YouTube clip from 2006, now enjoying a fresh surge of popularity, shows the term ‘iPad’ has been ridiculed for years. In the comedy skit shown on the Fox TV channel, two women discuss an Apple period-maintenance device called the iPad.
February 1st, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Apple is full of corporate BS. I must say that Job is a master in the science of BS . . .Heu. . I mean marketing.
I am sure that the Apple cult members will follow this as well. Apple my god!
February 1st, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Apfel! I want a computer, with a possibility to install software from third-party repositories! Is it to much to ask, Apfel?
February 1st, 2010 at 3:47 pm
I find it astounding that people fall for these things. Take the Kindle for an example, its locked down tight, forget running what you want when you want on it, its huge and won’t easily fit in a pocket, and is just plain ugly.
I have an old PDA I use for reading books, does the job, is small enough to fit in a pocket, doesn’t cost anywhere near as much as a kindle or ipad, can multitask, can run flash, can watch any audio and video I like including xvid stuff, and is just all around handy. I can install or delete any software I like on it without asking the manufacturer’s permission.
I am soon to upgrade to the Open Pandora when that is released in two months time which will give me even more freedom and even more options.
Trouble is, I am an IT tech. I know what I want and I know how to get it. I understand the market and the tech on offer, its pitfalls and drawbacks, which the average punter doesn’t. At all. Most people don’t understand -why- they should care about these issues.
The large public outcry over the ipad is a good thing as it at least raises some awareness of these issues with the general public, we just have to keep pushing, helping people to understand what is being done to them.
February 4th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
@Monkey Boy:
The Kindle is locked down quite tightly, that is true. It, however, is being promoted as a reading device first, with a few other things sitting quietly in the background. It’s pretty pricey for what it does, but new-ish gadgets are like that. If Kindle and it’s kind survive for 10-20 years, you’ll probably be able to pick up whatever has replaced it for a fraction of the cost. Similar to how digital cameras were “then” as opposed to “now.”
The iPad is a somewhat different story – Jobs was promoting the device as something to replace your personal computer, something new, different, multifunctional. It won’t do that in it’s current form, and it’s lacking some of the basic things we take for granted now on mobile devices. In that, it fails. It’s nothing new, revolutionary, and is only slightly different. It’s just the same thing Apple offered last year, only bigger. It has a funny name.
That aside, I have to say that I was amazed with what this device turned out to be. It was cheap enough, but the price is still too much for a giant MP3 player. Make one for a little more, with things like USB ports, have it run a real OS – then we can talk.