Hey.... it's totally ok to disagree here and there...

SD slot definitely would have made a difference, so much easier for the user.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/12/google-tablet-pc-details_n_533860.html

"imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

just ask bill gates, although he's more into taking the ACTUAL idea, then hiring lawyers to buy off the infringements and violations of intellectual property, as he hides behind the corporation and buys off the legal system. what a captain of industry! or pirate, pending on your point of view...

Who the hell is I Cringely? Some fanboi, no doubt. When a company has insanely lucrative profit margins, as Apple so famously does - something would be wrong if they didn't acquire obscene profits. How this is good news for consumers, or signifies that Apple is somehow more "innovative" than any other company, is baffling to me.

"imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

Of course you are referring to Steve Jobs' famous, well documented visit to Xerox Parc in 1979 where he saw the first GUI and mouse, which are very well documented as being Xerox innovations. The first Mac debuted in 1984.

Apple really hasn't innovated anything since the original Apple II, if you think about it. Other companies were making GUIs, mp3 players, cell phones, laptops and tablet computers before them.

Apple's key to success is marketing, pure and simple. If that sort of thing impresses you, so be it. Everything else is debatable.

Not sure. I just thought it was interesting to read.

And now....the WePad!
WePad

i'll take a knee pad!

"Kinda fun" is a reasonable assessment. It's when words like "magical" start getting tossed around... that tends to set off my BS alarm.

Apple promotes the iPad as "the best way to experience the web". I was looking at apple.com... they actually have an entire section devoted to which popular websites display properly on the iPad. Just thinking about that makes my head hurt.

As soon as Apple ships an iPad that actually is magical, I'll actually consider buying one. Until then, it's just a shiny piece of glass that's all wobbly when you try to type on it.

This looks pretty interesting: http://www.folabs.com/gallery.html

Wireless HUI emulation for the iPad. I'll be interested to see what people say, but for me, if this works, there's simply no question that it will make sense to buy one.