Understand me correctly, I will be one of those walking around with one, and I will tell everyone they they’re stupid not to get one.
However, I was, a bit disappointed. That’s it? No USB port, no running parallel programs etc. Come on, if I’m working on a presentation in Keynote, I might want to have some pdfs that I can flip trough, as well as having some webpage up and running. For now, the iPad IS an over-sized iPod Touch – even if it hurts for me to say it.

But, then again. Apple always listen – or a least that is what they make us think – to their customers.

Look at the first iPhone. Headphone connector was made so that only Apple signature ones would work. No 3G, and you couldn’t even send SMS to multiple partners. But, a year later Steve Jobs was in front of an audience telling us how much their customers had screamed about this and – presto – here was everything they wanted.

People were standing up, applauding, cheering, for something Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and LG had implemented during the beginning of this millennium.

Apple knew this. They are not stupid – on the contrary – they KNOW what they are up against.

They know that MANY of their user will buy a new iPhone just because of the 3G, or just to say that thy are one of the “chosen few” (oooh) to have the LATEST and the GREATEST of whatever Apple throws at them.

It wasn’t until this Keynote that it struck me how Steve and his comrades do to make the audience, including myself, cheer and scream of joy – for something so simple as sending text messages to more than one friend, or something as and iPad.

Listen to how they talk.

- It’s magical, wonderful, most technological invention yet, beautiful, special…etc. They do not mention what the technological things are, or mean, nor do they show how it measures compared to other – who cares?

When Microsoft presents a new OS, they come out, full guns blazing and then *boom* there you have it.

Not Apple, they show it, talk about, Steve Jobs takes a seat in a nice, comfortable chair, and show you – how you open an application that looks like a book case. He even takes the time to show you how to read a book – Ted Kennedy’s biography to add.

You sit there, on needles, almost wishing you could buy one now – because you want to read a book as well – just like Steve. Who cares that you have ten books that you can pick up and read right now – they are as good as firestarters when thinking about reading on an iPad.

So Apple will probably sell more of these, and in a year they’ll introduce the iPad X, with USB, maybe a lite version of Snow Leopard, double the hard drive, and a signature USB memory stick – only $69.99 at Apple Store.

And you will read about it here.

The text will be written on an old iPad, and I will once again praise Apple for everything.

Apple 19 – Johan’s common sense 1!

I have a notebook full of things. I just hope that I can priorities to that extent so that I can find a minute to write here.

Fingers crossed – PLEASE!

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