Haroon Siddique 

Apple iPad: what the tweeters say

At one point yesterday, tags related to Apple's iPad occupied seven of the top 10 trending topics on Twitter, such was the excitement over its launch. Here's a taste
  
  

Apple iPad picture (modified)
How the Apple iPad might have looked if Steve Jobs has paid tribute to Dom Joly. He didn't. Modified photograph, soruce: Kimberly White/Reuters Photograph: Kimberly White/Reuters

The ipad looks completely pointless, its looks like a dom joly (trigger happy tv) sized iphone ChrisButterwort

The iPad is not compelling for Macbook Pro + iPhone owners. cdevroe

I know I shouldn't, I have an iPod, a laptop and a smartphone … but iPad … Yes please! King_of_Swing

Pretty, but not something I want to carry around. Too big for my pockets, and looks to big for a purse. Not impressed. kpenrose

As with flying cars, the first generation is gonna suck (big time) chamacodelmal

iPad kind of sounds like a lady product, but it's so cool that i don't care what it's called. Cdgrunewald

I want an Apple iPad … I want an Apple iPad … I want an apple iPad Patrick_Grady

sounds like a "sofa surfer", something for reading the news over a coffee DCapTwit

I was hoping for a mini-book for media CREATION, not media CONSUMPTION. Whatevs, Steve. I can wait. VonBombe

can we stop going on about the #iPad please. I won't be buying one anyway. AllotmentMate

 

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