Video of Apple's iPad Media Event Now Available

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WeegieMac Avatar
158 months ago
Does anyone else wish they could put a handle into Tim Cook's back and wind him up so he goes just a wee bit faster?
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Rogifan Avatar
158 months ago
Listening to Tim Cook is painful. I think I'd rather watch Steve Ballmer jump up and down on stage instead...
Er nothing is more painful than listening to Ballmer. :eek:
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diazj3 Avatar
158 months ago
lame keynote?

Well, I was no big fan of Steve Jobs' keynotes, but I did admire his showmanship. Great Keynotes, no doubt.

But... is it just my perception, or was today's presentation extremely LAME?

I mean, regardless of how excited (or not) one can be for the new iPad, the keynote performers' style, rhythm and general organization was, IMO, just boring.

Or is it that this ***** doesn't bring the same excitement anymore? I mean, the will be "new" iCrap every year, new iOS, new OS X.... all with relatively marginal improvements over its predecessors. Rarely something groundbreaking...

Any thoughts?
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
kavika411 Avatar
158 months ago
What are we to make of the "touch" comment on the invitation? Yes, I understand that the display of the new iPad is beautiful, but what of the "touch" comment? What makes the new iPad more touch-worthy than iPads 1 and 2? I don't understand why they'd deliberately include that word. Perhaps I'm overlooking something.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
pondosinatra Avatar
158 months ago
Listening to Tim Cook is painful. I think I'd rather watch Steve Ballmer jump up and down on stage instead...
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
mentaluproar Avatar
158 months ago
Tim Cook: A new menu and higher resolution on our appleTV!
The rest of the world: So what?

Tim Cook: There new iPad has new apps and a very high resolution!
the rest of the world: So what?

Tim Cook: Apple, WOOHOO!
one man in the audience: -golf clap-

Seriously, there was nothing interesting about this keynote. The products were not surprising in any way. The improvements were just spec bumps as I see it. It didn't even seem like Tim Cook was excited about this.

Let's face it. This is becoming a hollow ritual in the post-Jobsian era. A high school drama student gets an audience more excited than this.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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