I Debug Therefore I Exist

Well, that’s the wrap for the Jobs presentation. I’m feeling iffy. It seems like a nice thing to have, as a matter of convenience, but I didn’t see any killer features. Maybe there’s more to come and maybe you have to try it to really form a good idea of what it’s like.

So the pricing will start at $499 for 16GB storage and going up. You will need to add another $130.
I do quite like that it is really thin.

Jobs is still going through his rounds of whos-who of companies outside Apple and what they’ve been doing on the tablet. Jobs has been showing off other UI things, but nothing quite groundbreaking yet. He’s showed off the iBook, at this point. The Book store is neat and the iBook app is nothing unexpected.

The iPad has been designed to support all iPhone apps… upscaling is possible to fit the bigger screen size. Apple really has developed their own little eco-system. It’s interesting to see how they leverage it in their products from now on. I imagine we should expect their desktop and laptops to start supporting iPhone Apps [...]

The tablet is running Apple’s own chip – a 1GHz Apple A4. This is an interesting turn of events.

Still feels like Jobs is holding out. First impressions are, the margins on the sides of the iPad are bigger than expected. Some mock ups have looked slicker.
Jobs has a tendency to keep the best for last, so we shall see.

Jobs certainly is jumping right into the action after saying ‘let’s get to the main event’ and then quoting “Last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it’ from WSJ
They are calling it the iPad?
Well, Jobs has been showing the iPad and so far it just looks [...]

Chances are that, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would have heard a rumour going on that Apple is releasing a tablet.

As with every Apple product, as of lately, there is always a dose of skepticism among in the press. People are pretty much divided amongst the group who think that there is [...]

If there is ever a better example as to why Steve Balmer is bad for Microsoft:

It’s always dangerous when a company starts requiring their employees to become ‘yes men’ and employees start fearing their own jobs if they disagree or don’t show the same level of enthusiasm.