“Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, in the press release. “We appreciate their patience, and are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone.”
iPad allows users to connect with their apps, content and the Internet in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ user interface. iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.
Developers have created over 5,000 exciting new apps for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics. iPad will run almost all of the more than 200,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone or iPod touch.
Source: Apple Inc.
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Speaking as someone who has never served in the military, thank you on behalf of my kids and I to all those who have sacrificed over the years.
Memorial Day Service at Seal Beach Pier, Seal Beach CA. 1 p.m.
See you there. (I’m easy to spot, I’ll be the newspaper photographer with the camera)
This announcement (only a week before the keynote) can only mean one thing. Apple dosen’t want a little thing like mind-blowingly positive sales numbers to get in the way of whatever Jobs is unvieling.
Bet it will be good.
@WhatHappened,
Read the story of Cincinnatus from the Roman Empire (the namesake of my hometown).
Sometimes you need the sword and sometimes you need the plowshare.
Hey the fascists wonand Herbert bush looked after Hitlers finance. Still, heads in the sand boys: the illusion of freedom and democracy is all you’ll get. Let’s not forget old uncle sam used nukes on civilians to show the commies who’s boss. Nice bunch in the white house. Lusitania, pearl harbour, 911. See a pattern yet? Yawn. More snickers. More coke. Remember what?
I don’t usually like to call people names in my postings, sir or madam, but in your case I shall make a happy exception.
You are scum. You are the vilest of filth . . . and one whose freedom is completely and utterly undeserved. May you rot in some kind of totalitarian hell, and may your children and grandchildren live in chains and poverty for the rest of their natural lives.
Those who sacrificed THEIR lives, happiness, and prosperity for YOUR miserable sake deserve so much more than the ordure you and your kind represent.
ESAD, WhatHappened. ESAD.
Gerald, who fell crossing the Rhine River in Germany in World War II, THANK YOU…and to ALL who have made the ultimate sacrifice, your courage and bravery will never be forgotten.
And those in Iraq and Afghanistan; please finish and come home soon!
First, let’s remember all who served and died so that we can talk about something in the trivial world of geekdom.
Bought the last iPad at the Apple store in Easton Mall, Columbus on Saturday. Bought it for an old friend 80+ so that she can hopefully read again.
With each million sold, Flash oozes into oblivion.
But not quickly enough?
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@WhatHappened? and @Yoyo,
Sometimes I think such posts are plants just to hike the hit count; they are so blatantly concocted to instigate indignation. There are many here with whom I’ve disagreed, but not in this matter. A military career is a noble profession. Just like all other professions, it can have it’s share of scoundrels, too. But to all who served with honor, thanks for all you have done for us. To the families of those who gave their lives, there is nothing we can do to repay their sacrifice, except to keep their memory and achievements alive.
To those so willing to criticize the military, I remind you that they were given the party line of the politicians in power, which may or may not have any relation to whatever truth was going on. If there was ever an unjust war, I blame the politicians.
I wonder who bought the other 999,997?
My family has three and counting. Most likely four more by years end.
Go AAPL!
Two democracies have never gone to war against each other.
@ron. No sir, I was not.
We were given freedom of choice, my friend. This is what separates us from animals, which act on instinct. The choice was either to follow Him or roll your own government.
You will have that freedom no matter where you are, or what government regime you are under.
Unless you feel God chooses one country over another.
The iPad is to 2010 as the Macintosh was to 1984. Mark my words.
Now let’s all sit back and snicker as Microsoft’s astroturfers, paid bloggers, and faithful cultists attempt to spin this story into bad news. Because you know they will.
“What? ONLY 2 million units in less than 60 days? LOL APPLE!! EPIC FAIL!!!”
WhatHappened?
A perfect archetype of the “new world liberal”- completely devoid of respect, gratitude, or clue.
WhatHappened said: “And they will beat their swords into plowshears and neither will they learn war anymore.
Feel sorry for the vets who made the sacrifice, but a military career is not something I would be proud of.”
Your sentiments have merit, true. Yet they sound hollow. I object to war, yet I volunteered to serve during a war. Not because war is any way good, but because a) if you will not serve your country you do not deserve it and b) evil must be opposed. That “b” can be hard when neither side is actually “good”.
You can be proud of your career, or shamed by it. The only shame associated with a military career is in the need for it. Yet we have Afghanistan, where we initially fought to put down a threatening evil. Then we had Iraq, where we fought to support the evil aims of our corrupt leaders. Now we have Israel, whom we may have to fight because they attacked peaceful American citizens in international waters – though we bend over backwards to protect them. A soldier’s best use is sweeping their own barracks, ready to defend a nation from a threat that never comes … defend with a life if so required, better the life of the enemy than the defender.
Soldiers are not the enemy, for the most part. Politicians are the enemy.
To my dad who served in WWII and the Korean Conflict, thanks. 1915-2008. Arlington National Cemetery. RIP.
Thank you Uncle Winton for making the supreme sacrifice aboard USS Grayling in September 1943.
@WhatHappened
I’m a Vietnam vet. My ancestors have served in every conflict since the Pequot War circa 1637. I am happy you are at liberty to utter what you must.
A few Memorial Day quotes from Gen. George S. Patton, apropos Steve Jobs:
I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
Crawl back under your slimy rock. You know who you are you trolls and Apple haters. hehe
Said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, “We … are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone.”
And Steve does mean, everyone.
@WhatHappened?
I understand “what would happen if war was declared and no one showed up.”
I am a veteran (Navy) one thing I am very proud of is I helped save hundreds of lives from a Egyptian ferry disaster. The military does a lot of good around the world too, just does not get reported on. The iPad would not existed without military R&D;decades ago. Yes I would love for war to end. The military would still be around because we do more than just kill people.
@DLMeyer. Very well said.
I agree, my sentiments sound hollow. To be honest, how could they not on an internet forum. Without a full context, it is difficult to fully prove my stance. I respect the government, respect the country… but do not pledge allegiance to it.
“Soldiers are not the enemy, for the most part. Politicians are the enemy.”
Very true. Very true.
And from a religious standpoint… the idea of someone who is of a denomination (let’s say protestant) going to war and then being blessed by a minister who is praying for victory… and then killing other protestants who were blessed by their minister who thought the same thing… well, I just find that a little strange.
I know, I know… we must fight evil, right? Who determines what that is?
As Jeremiah wrote: Man has dominated himself to his own injury.
There is only one kingdom that can really fix this… Daniel 2:44.
To Dad: Shot down on 52nd mission over Germany, POW for nine months.
Thanks, I miss you.
@WetFX. I agree with you completely. I should’ve stated that it was human warfare that I meant. You’re absolutely right, though. The training and equipment the military provides makes men who are exceedingly good at being organized and survival. Natural disasters prove this, as the National Guard is often tasked with the recovery efforts.
If there were no war, we’d definitely need this skillset in men. This is most definitely something to be proud of! Whether we’d still call it the military or whether the word military would take on a different meaning, I don’t know.
@ WhatHappened?,
“The choice was either to follow Him or roll your own government.”
One doesn’t necessarily preclude the other; just look at the devout and Godly people of Iran.
And, on the Christian side, how about those Baptists from Kansas! You wouldn’t happen to be a member, would you? If not, they can always use a few good men.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church