- A non-AT&T iPhone
- A network-based iTunes TV subscription model
- Steve Jobs presenting as an Avatar
- Jobs not using the word “magical” a dozen times
- A new MacBook
- Improvements to Mail and iCal in OS X.
- Something a little more than what looked like an iPhone XL
I’m not trying to be a hater here. The Apple iPad is a gorgeous device. It really is. The New York Times application looks phenomenal…it will make reading on-screen a great experience, but that’s nothing new…the Kindle already did that.
I guess I just expected a little more out of this announcement. Honestly, it’s not even Apple’s fault. Outside of the invitation, Apple had not released a single piece of information about the iPad…that was all through speculation and the rumor mill on the internet. Even speculation on the name was enough to get Gruber and the other Mac-olytes in a tizzy. The hype was out of control for this device and I shouldn’t have bought into it so much, but I did. I held out hope that I’d be able to purchase an iPhone for Sprint. Yeah…not so much.
Don’t get me wrong…if someone gave me one of these, I’d take it. But I was just hoping for something a little more. Especially that first one.
That would have been AWESOME.
Yes Shane… these are great comments. I also heard the iPad will run around a grand… is that true? ouch… I thought my 2-3 hundred dollar I-pod was alot to invest… (I understand that it is AMAZING… but still….)
also…
how can I get listed under your “friends” links? (www.gabesteele.com)
I love your blog… I read it more than you may know… and you are an excellent writer and critic!!
love ya bro…
oh ya.. here is what I want instead of an Ipad..
my own avatar
an avatar for Kristi… just for experimental reasons.
;)
and an I-phone that works on Verizon (colorado’s best cell company) and I also want some ishades… like an iPad only housed in custom sun-glasses (with oakley”ish” styling…
oh ya.. and a battery that lasts a week… just one week thats all… why is that so hard????
:)
-g
sorry…
not glasses like “Dog”s glasses… I mean oakleys with ear-phones? come on… at least use skull-vibration technology for the audio, and retina focal point sensitivity for gui control…
;)
I’m just happy to have my lowly Mini-Mac. I have no desire for this new toy.
Im with you on a mail update and we need tethering.
One thing I would like to see more than an Ipad from Apple is an iTunes server
You may not have to wait nearly as long for this as you think. Apple purchased a company called LaLa that may enable people to keep their music “in the cloud”. So it may be closer than you think.
Could be interesting.