If you want to hear Josh, Marilyn and I talk forever about the new iPad and some clips of my daughter crying in the background, you’ll love this week’s Macgasm podcast.
Category: Apple
iPad 2 Secret Feature Revealed
Patrick Rhone, on iPad 2
I think if you were using and loving your iPad before today’s news, you can and should do so after it. It is still very much the magical and revolutionary 2 device it was when you woke up this morning. You know, when you launched the iPod app, fired up the latest episode of Enough, streamed it to your Airplay speakers, swiped through the New York Times, while you sipped free-trade coffee, and pondered what a blessed and wonderful life you had. A life filled with things you could only dream about as a kid and still foreign to 95% of the world’s population.
The iPad G3
Thomas Brand is my new best friend.
iPad 2
Well, it’s here. It’s a lot faster, a little lighter and has learned some new tricks.
On Expectations and Apple Product Launches
Make no mistake, the iPad 2 we see tomorrow will be a disappointment. But it won’t be a disappointment because it’s a bad device, or because it doesn’t take the iPad forward.
It will be a disappointment because it isn’t the entirely imaginary device the internet has been happily inventing for the last few months.
The iPad 2 may prove to be the best example of this in recent history. The first model was a smash hit. The rest of the computer industry was caught with its pants down, and has been playing catch-up ever since. Even the Xoom, built by the almighty Motorola can’t compete with the sheer force that is the iPad.
The Console OS
Gruber, at the end of a great piece on the App Store subscriptions thing:
iOS isn’t and never was an open computer system. It’s a closed, controlled console system — more akin to Playstation or Wii or Xbox than to Mac OS X or Windows. It is, in Apple’s view, a privilege to have a native iOS app.
More on the NDA
So there’s motivation for these blogs and second-rate news sources to violate NDAs. It’s a short-term gain that adds readership and applies eyes to page views, with a remote chance of suffering any negative consequences.
But it’s also really dirty pool, and as far as I’m concerned, it’s a lousy way of doing business.
We hear a lot from bloggers whining that they’re not taken seriously as journalists. My recommendation: If you want to be taken seriously as a journalist, then take your head out of your ass and start acting the part.
Lion and the NDA
Ben gets it. John does, too.
The Future of the 13-inch MacBook Pro
So if you take the current 13” MacBook Pro, remove the superdrive, grab an SSD, jam more battery in, and make the entire package smaller — you basically end up with a faster version of the 13” Air.
Or look at it this way: once the Pro line ditches optical drives, what will be the difference between the 13” Air and the 13” Pro? Not much. I wouldn’t think Apple would keep two different notebooks that are essentially the same (price, and performance being the main differences). I just don’t see Apple trying to sell the Air line and the Pro line with the differences being computing speed. One will have to die, so will it be the 13” Air or 13” Pro? Doesn’t matter, they will be the same at that point.
The B&B Podcast
Be sure to check out Ben and Shawn’s new podcast. It’s great.
ForkBombr EXCLUSIVE: Leaked PR Release for iPad 2 Launch
Editor’s Note: A little birdie from Cupertino sent this to me. They stressed that this is the real deal.
A Magical & Revolutionary Device for the Bathroom Lover in Everyone
SAN FRANCISCO—March 2, 2011—Apple® today introduced iPad 2, a magical update to the revolutionary device that changed the course of computing history forever. iPad 2’s responsive Multi-Touch™ display lets users interact with applications and content, just like before, but with great new features like the FaceTime HD™ camera, better stereo speakers and the other new things announced today, users will once again be blown away by just how awesome Apple’s mediocre hardware revisions can be.
With an even-stronger glass display, more robust buttons and moisture-resistant ports, the iPad 2 is designed for users looking to take the magical experience of iOS on a 9.7-inch display into the bathroom stall with them.
“Without any doubt, iPad 2 is the best bathroom computer ever created,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Users will be able to enjoy their apps and media in more ways — and in more places — than ever before.”
“We don’t judge our users,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing. “In fact, I do most of my work from the private bathroom in my office. Before iPad 2, I often found myself annoyed at having to lug my MacBook Pro into the john. Those days have passed.”
“With the new vibrator built into every iPad 2, users will be able to get feedback from their favorite games without compromising their dignity or privacy,” said Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Senior Vice President Industrial Design. “We’ve re-thought everything for use in a stall. We are so proud of this product.”