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02 March 2011

Steve Jobs is on stage introducing the iPad 2 *right now*.

post by: Joe Beese at: 13:08 | 14 comments

Alternate live-blogging: NY Times.

and the back of the original iPad looks like a pillow, which makes me happy in a weird way.

posted by filthy light thief 02 March | 13:16

That's it, I want an iPillow. A flexible touchscreen pillowcase computer, so that when I wake up in the middle of the night and want to just quickly Google something or check my e-mail so I can relax again, I don't even have to move. I can just open my eyes and bam, right there is my iPillow.

posted by FishBike 02 March | 13:19

Aww, he made it! That's nice, hope he's feeling well. I hope the iPad 2 is cheaper! Like... $25? :D

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 02 March | 13:25

Same price, apparently.

He is saying it is lighter and faster . . .and has two cameras.

I still ask myself -- why do I need one? What does it do that my Itouch, Kindle and Droid don't?

posted by bearwife 02 March | 13:28

I know for a fact that I don't need one. But I want one! And for the right price at the right time, I might get one.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 02 March | 13:32

Ironically I just found this article in my email inbox today about the impact of tablets. Hmmm.

posted by bearwife 02 March | 13:34

I am ready for a new iPod and am waiting for the next refresh of a large capacity one. Looks like my wait will be a bit longer.

posted by danf 02 March | 13:37

In addition to them restoring rotation lock functionality to the slider switch, I would have appreciated an acknowledgment that it was stupid of them to have taken it away in the first place.

As expected, nothing so far to break the heart of this first-gen adopter. If the rumors of an iPad 3 in September are borne out with a retina display, I'll start looking for old ladies to mug.

posted by Joe Beese 02 March | 13:41

Can you use it without a host computer running itunes? That's the big thing that I don't like about them is that even though iPads are powerful computers in themselves, they aren't freestanding entities and you have to sync them like an iPod.

posted by octothorpe 02 March | 14:05

Apparently this model will sync wirelessly over your home network with Itunes, if that is any more appealing, octothorpe.

posted by bearwife 02 March | 14:29

octothorpe: no, sadly as I understand it this is a feature of iOS, not the iPad itself. Tho I rarely dock mine and do most of my updates remotely, it does need to talk to the mothership from time to time.

posted by lonefrontranger 02 March | 14:29

I wouldn't run iTunes with a gun to my head but I wasn't really in the market for one of these things anyway. I'm fine with my Droid and laptop and still reading paper books. I have a little bonus money to spend and was thinking about a Kindle or Nook but I just don't want to have to keep track of yet another device.

posted by octothorpe 02 March | 14:35

I want one, but every time I have a chance to use one, it's not that wonderful. The tether to the iTunes store makes it feel like a shopping device. It is, however, shiny, and sexy, and all the cool kids have one.

posted by theora55 02 March | 15:07

Today I overheard two people talking about which iPhone to buy. One said, "I guess it depends on what you want it for." and the other person was like, "Well, I just want it to be like all my friends." She laughed, but she meant it.

posted by serazin 02 March | 22:44

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