The iPad was finally announced today, and I stress "finally" more out of sarcasm than excitement. There have been rumors of an Apple tablet the last ten years.
And it only came out now, when there are already plenty of tablets and e-readers.
And it just appears to be an over-sized iPhone.
So... why? Why now? Why just a bigger version of something they've already done? (After all, that's kind of how the US automakers got into trouble...)
My theory: Just to mess with their target consumers.
Oh, and I guess they want to try and snub the e-reader personal devices (Kindle, Nook, et cetera), and take a different piece of the changing print media market.
Still.... Snore. I don't think this really changes anything. It's just more of the same.
And that, my friends, is what the future is really all about.
UPDATE: I just got the e-mail from Apple announcing it, with the link to the demo on the website. Only $500. Damnit, now I want one...
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