Yesterday marks the release of Apple's new iPad. The iPad was unveiled by Steve Jobs earlier in the year. The following video features Jobs unloading the iPad on a group of sheep so loyal to Apple that they began clapping before the actual product was shown.
Jobs begins by describing how it has the remarkable ability of allowing the user to change the background. Seriously, he describes desktop background technology as if it's some sort of incredible futuristic breakthrough. He then goes on to discuss how incredible it is to browse the internet with the iPad. He describes the iPad's online access as "the best browsing experience you've ever had." He backs this assertion up by smashing several positive adjectives (such as unbelievable, great, and phenomenal) together and then stating that it's "much better than a laptop."
The features don't stop there, though. Believe it or not, it gets even better. Jobs goes on to unveil the phenomenal e-mail feature. He describes the touch screen keyboard as being "almost life-size," and a "dream to type on."
The iPad comes with a relatively small amount of storage space. iPads with a 16 GB hard drive cost $499.00. It costs another hundred dollars just to add 16 more GB, and for yet another hundred dollars, you can add 32 GB on that to get a whopping 64 GB of storage.
According to an article from cnet news, most people who dished out $500 for the iPad did so for the following reasons: the applications, the ease of use for the computer-averse, they didn't have a laptop, to use for a device on a coffee table, the sheer novelty, the fact that it wasn't a computer, and just as an impulse buy.
Perhaps I'm just a poor college student who feels that none of these reasons justify spending half a grand on what seems to be a giant iPhone endowed with Steve Jobs' blessing. I've yet to see, touch, or experience an iPad in person. So maybe this is all just very biased.
Either way, Apple made a lot of money this weekend.
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