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  • Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 The thing is each of us had this image of what the tablet would be like. Some had totally unreasonable expectations thus a lot of disappointment. However if you back off of your dreams and look at iPad …
  • Whoever wrote that is too easy to please.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage This was the usual forum reaction to another Apple product. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=500 C. Yes there was the usual mindless complaining. But this time it's a bit different. Th…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Yeah, there was a great deal of meh-ing and whatever-ing at the iPhone intro-- it's just been conveniently erased from memory, so we can do it all over again with the iPad. I think it's kind of interesting t…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Really? Your sense of failed UI opportunities comes from not living up to the fantasies of the internet? And while coverflow is pretty, I'm not sure why having to page through a linear presentation of apps …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Really? Your sense of failed UI opportunities comes from not living up to the fantasies of the internet? And while coverflow is pretty, I'm not sure why having to page through a linear presentation of apps …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by addabox But that's not true. It absolutely does new stuff for the GUI, just not outlandish stuff like waving your hands above the surface or a set of "steep learning curve" gestures. Take a look at Gurber's rundow…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by chano Nah! I don't like it because, in truth I don't like myself a whole lot so I have to lash out at any thing that is cool and super and quality and amazing and all the things that I am not. Err did I mention the am…
  • Nope! And I was looking forward to this announcement. And I didn't even mind if it was part of a closed ecosystem, or no camera. But the design of both the hardware and software is just so beneath Apple's level of competence that I just can't…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Hellbound As said in another thread, Stephen Fry pretty much sums it up... http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/ No, no he doesn't. There were no "meh"s or "big deals" exclaimed by people with the o…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Bergermeister The iPad is cool. If you whip it out at a meeting with your presentation on it, heads will turn. If you sit in a coffee shop drawing on it, heads will turn. Kindle users will turn their heads when they…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by katastroff you, sir, are a moron. No, no he is not. They got some things right and somethings wrong as was to be expected. But the ratio of right stuff and wrong stuff is way out of balance. Right off the b…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Olternaut It's TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well folks, I wasn't able to find an unofficial live video stream of the event in time. So I'm signing off and will watch the keynote recorded lat…
  • It's TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Quote: Originally Posted by reliason http://live.appleinsider.com/ That ain't a video stream!
  • Quote: Originally Posted by bigmc6000 No working - any suggestions/ideas on why my screen isn't showing squat for the live feed? What live feed??????? Is there a live video stream somewhere? TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Quote: Originally Posted by reliason For me, it's the one thing I don't want -- I want NO CONTRACT REQUIRED Or rather, to have it as an option.
  • 8 m i n u t e s ! ! !
  • Quote: Originally Posted by ArticulatedArm This is getting really ridiculous.. how can anything live up to this kind of hype and anticipation. If this thing is a media player and that's it I might need counseling afterwards. LOL! Perhaps me …
  • *screams like a girl* AHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhggggggggggggggggg!!