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January 29, 2010

iPad is a fine name

You know why all the whining about the name "iPad" is dumb? Remember Wii. It was exactly the same thing with all the talk about wee-wee etc. And now? The best-selling console that made Nintendo even richer than they were despite solidly losing in power against its contemporaries.

That said, I am not at all interested in a locked-down device. I am only talking about the retarded laughter I hear across the Internet.

UPDATE: Rodney Sparks commented "You're right, but that doesn't mean chuckling about it now is a retarded thing to do..." Indeed, I only meant expectations for any (negative) correlation with the market success.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at 11:54 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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1 I'm mocking the name (which certainly deserves it), but I'm mostly just dubious about the device. The tightly restricted and poorly implemented App Store model hasn't resulted in anything for the iPhone with the depth that many Nintendo DS titles have, so why should we expect it to suddenly produce a wealth of compelling "everybody needs an iPad" software?

Will someone fund the effort to write a (for instance) Tadashii Kanji Kakitori-kun for iPad if they don't know when it would be approved for release or if people would be able to find it in the app store?

-j

Posted by: J Greely at January 29, 2010 09:43 PM (2XtN5)

2 Apple was probably thinking about a media consumption platform, even without 1080. Software is for geeks.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at January 31, 2010 05:54 PM (/ppBw)

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