iPad

[Cloudane]

That smug git.

/jealousy

[Yak]

yeah I am not even going to watch that. I find Fry irritating at the best of times, but irritating and smug *and* getting an iPad? Hell no .

[VNVObit]

yeah I am not even going to watch that. I find Fry irritating at the best of times, but irritating and smug *and* getting an iPad? Hell no .

truly beyond human tolerance
us mere mortals have to wait until ...

[melbourne]

This hype is going to kill me , I dont think I can take it. Just been to the toliet with my netbook thinking how much better my number 2's will be with an IPad.
Now this 24th date is panicking me , I'm at gatwick on a course on the 23rd,24,th,25th,26th. So my shiny precious will be stuck at notts in victoria centre waiting for me to pick it up.
No new console launch for next few years so its left to apple to feed my tech pre hype hunger.
Dont get me started on iphone 4 ..................

[Misfit]

Fry talking about it in Time magazine...

http://www.time.com/time/business/artic ... -1,00.html

The conclusion if you can't be bothered with the article:

It is possible that the public will not fall on the iPad, as I did, like lions on an antelope. Perhaps they will find the apps and the iBooks too expensive. Maybe they will wait for more fully featured later models. But for me, my iPad is like a gun lobbyist's rifle: the only way you will take it from me is to prise it from my cold, dead hands. One melancholy thought occurs as my fingers glide and flow over the surface of this astonishing object: Douglas Adams is not alive to see the closest thing to his Hitchhiker's Guide that humankind has yet devised.

[Deckard]

Nicely put about the guide

[Misfit]

yeah I am not even going to watch that. I find Fry irritating at the best of times, but irritating and smug *and* getting an iPad? Hell no .

He doesn't say anything in the video, all you see is a hand opening a few boxes. Could be anyone.

[melbourne]

yeah I am not even going to watch that. I find Fry irritating at the best of times, but irritating and smug *and* getting an iPad? Hell no .

He doesn't say anything in the video, all you see is a hand opening a few boxes. Could be anyone.

That odd grunting noise was a bit off putting.

[Cloudane]

One melancholy thought occurs as my fingers glide and flow over the surface of this astonishing object: Douglas Adams is not alive to see the closest thing to his Hitchhiker's Guide that humankind has yet devised.

Aw.

Yeah it's a shame, he'd have loved it. Very good point.

[WiteWulf]

Now this 24th date is panicking me , I'm at gatwick on a course on the 23rd,24,th,25th,26th. So my shiny precious will be stuck at notts in victoria centre waiting for me to pick it up.

Ooo...another Notts 'softie? We must have enough Midlanders to justify a proper meetup sometime soon?

[Misfit]

Now this 24th date is panicking me , I'm at gatwick on a course on the 23rd,24,th,25th,26th. So my shiny precious will be stuck at notts in victoria centre waiting for me to pick it up.

Ooo...another Notts 'softie? We must have enough Midlanders to justify a proper meetup sometime soon?

Anyone would think Nottingham is a well populated area...

[Deckard]

I thought this was an April Fool joke http://gizmodo.com/5507537/geometry-wars-for-ipad-omg but then the link heads straight to itunes to buy for 4.99 and obviously from there you can browse the iPad apps...I also note the price is in pounds at 5.99 and the US one is 9.99 dollars which could bode well for the UK price of the iPad.

[Deckard]

The UK iTunes store having iPad apps in pounds points to a timely international release. If the suspected release date of the 24th of April is true then tomorrow marks 3 weeks until the day, the same three weeks Americans had in advance of their launch to pre-order iPads.

So fingers crossed for iPad international pre-orders tomorrow!

[Cloudane]

Ah cool - actual proof that the 3G model has a full GPS:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-FCC-Teardown/2197/3

Going to be quite tempted by that version now. Hmm.

[Deckard]

Essential buy I reckon http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/04/02/ ... o-be-true/