― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
holding the internet in yr hands
LOL
― his power told him (about the fish) (gbx), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
in fairness, cheap laptops are terrible things
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
you write on the screen with chalk or sharp stones
― schlump, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
If that's a real Facebook page she's about to get far too much attention.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol NYT and Chad Ocho Cinco screengrabs
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
"What this device does is extraordinary. You can browse the web with it."
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
did they put fm radio in the iphone yet
― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
Steve demoing unit while sitting on couch.
I hear that can get you arrested.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
'today we are going to unveil a revolutionary new product... flush headphone jack & fm radio in iphone'
― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol @ this on the gizmodo live blogging/apple event page:
Jason Chen: Steve Jobs is on stage, and he looks about the same as we last saw him (kinda skinny, but not unhealthily skinny).
― i am just sitting here playing cafe world baby (Nijoli), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
From the Engadget live page
10:16AM We're basically just watching Steve casually browse. This is odd.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
"It's so much more intimate than a laptop."
jerking off JUST GOT REAL
― schlump, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
is this big enough to have a webcam feed of someone else going, and to have it fill the whole screen, and then to walk down the street holding it up like the head is your head
― schlump, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
All those augmented reality apps are going to be interesting now.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
getting srs dsi xl vibes off this thing
― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
would def love to have one of these for school---they are going to nail the collegiate market
― his power told him (about the fish) (gbx), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
iTunes interface looks very nice
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
ebooks going to be awesome on this. already do a shitload of reading on instapaper and eucalyptus but they're just a bit too small
― stet, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
praying he announces adding ebooks to iTunes
― kshighway (ksh), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Hahahah
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
steve jobs is driving his car over the ipad to prove that it is more resistant than cds
― schlump, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol
― caek, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
customisable background imagesTHEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE
― schlump, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
you need the thick bezel so that you can hold onto it without accidentally activating shit
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah I know I ws just fooling
― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Historically AAPL has always dropped during product announcements/keynotes
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
apparently this thing splits up into a separate phone, music player and filofax
― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
legit q brought up by someone on another board:
do you have to ~sync~ this thing??? is it not a stand alone device? can i watch/listen to booted media on it? can i actually do non-consumptive tasks with it?
― his power told him (about the fish) (gbx), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
xxpost -- True enough, but that completely describes my reactions to this thing so far.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
so just to confirm: so far we have a real big iphone.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/business/ipad.html
dont really get what the big deal is tbh
― max, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
is is called "ipad"? (not watching)
― caek, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's called "unicorn"
― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
10h battery
― stet, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
Correct. Waiting for the book/reader anouncements
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yay tech specs:
Powered by custom Apple chip called A4. 1GHz, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB storage. 802.11n, WiFi, Bluetooth. 10 hours of battery life.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
the really widescreen movies look a bit shit -- just a thin strip across the middle
― stet, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
i heard you have to use at&t even if you don't live in the u.s.?
― caek, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh fuk Scott would like to tell you about 17 games
have they specified the aspect ratio?
it's not going to be cinemascope, right?
― caek, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Over a month of standby time. Accelerometer, compass, speaker, mic. 30pin connector.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Still can't wait to try out some of the synth/generative music apps on this
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think this thing will be more fun to play with than to look at or see demo'd. And sure enough, Steve says: "Watching it is nothing like getting it in your hands."
Rather than completely new capabilities, this is going to be a more pleasurable way of doing stuff we already do. Maybe people are going to invent some far-out shit that only multi-touch tablets can do, but it doesn't look like Apple is banking on that.
― counter-clockwise (lukas), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
so really is this thing just gonna be an adjunct to my computer?
i love the portability, but it had better be cheap if i need to have a mac already
― his power told him (about the fish) (gbx), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
"30pin connector"
is that the normal iPod/iPhone connector?
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
iPad can run existing App Store apps without modification. Either pixel-for-pixel in middle of screen ,or pixel doubled full screen.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 18:35 (3 years ago) Permalink