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(CNN) Followup Apple iPad orders drop sharply over the weekend, should pick up about 28 days from now   (brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com) divider line 216
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2010-03-15 04:45:47 PM
+1.

I laughed. Then ducked reflexively.
 
2010-03-15 04:50:49 PM
i don't get it
 
2010-03-15 04:51:24 PM
oooooooh.. 28 days... ipad...

i get jokes
 
2010-03-15 05:00:55 PM
+1 on headline.

I think it's because people finally realized, "Dear god, I'm about to spend almost a thousand bucks on a giant phone that doesn't even make calls."
 
2010-03-15 05:09:20 PM
Ha. At first I thought you meant when the idiots that buy them get out of rehab. Either way works for me.
 
2010-03-15 05:27:15 PM
That took longer to get than it should have.

I guess the iProduct people already bought theirs, the rest of us have no wish to buy such a worthless device.
 
2010-03-15 09:56:41 PM
Okay, I laughed.

Then my wife hit me.
 
2010-03-15 10:07:03 PM
I thought it was a reference to the movie, 28 Days Later, with Apple fans being the zombies.

ecmoRandomNumbers: I think it's because people finally realized, "Dear god, I'm about to spend almost a thousand bucks on a giant phone that doesn't even make calls."

This. If it had a webcam and a cool Skype app, that would be nice, but it's definitely a first-gen product for now.
 
2010-03-15 10:23:21 PM
ecmoRandomNumbers: +1 on headline.

I think it's because people finally realized, "Dear god, I'm about to spend almost a thousand bucks on a giant phone that doesn't even make calls."


I'd pay that much to prevent other drivers from making calls on their cell phone. They could call it iJam.

/I'm going to enable voting, and you can't stop me.
 
2010-03-15 11:16:36 PM
I showed it to the feminine kind around me.... Now I have several scars...
 
2010-03-15 11:17:52 PM
The menstrual cycle is divided into two parts: pre-ovulation and post-ovulation. The ovarian cycle refers to the cyclical development and expelling of the egg from the ovary. Though the length and regularity of a menstrual cycle may differ, the average duration of a complete menstrual cycle is 28 days (though healthy cycles can run from 21-36 days).

Source: http://www.ovulation-calculator.com/menstrual-cycle.htm
 
2010-03-15 11:17:53 PM
GAT_00: That took longer to get than it should have.

I guess the iProduct people already bought theirs, the rest of us have no wish to buy such a worthless device.


Can't remember where I read this, but it was noted that they had an awful lot of kid-focused programs/apps/whatthef--kever they were showing off on that thing... which might get them a few more sales but damn, I can't see the point of that either. Besides the fact that it's a bit too expensive a devise to leave to a kid for a "color in this picture with by clicking on a color and painting with your finger" apps.

It would be nice to have something of that size to easily carry around, but as it stands now, it seems really kind of stupid and redundant.
 
2010-03-15 11:18:02 PM
docs.google.com
 
2010-03-15 11:18:32 PM
iSmirked
 
2010-03-15 11:19:57 PM
Boy, I really wish people would get ova the hype.
 
2010-03-15 11:20:08 PM
in the meantime, sales of Ipons are reported normal...
 
2010-03-15 11:25:00 PM
I thought the headline was referring to Zombies.

But then I realized subby meant MENSTRUATION.
 
2010-03-15 11:26:01 PM
Why is he putting on a -second- pair of sunglasses?
 
2010-03-15 11:26:23 PM
+1 for blood
 
2010-03-15 11:26:38 PM
Who has money for that kind of stuff in today's economy?
 
2010-03-15 11:27:31 PM
Perfect.

www.leninimports.com
 
2010-03-15 11:27:51 PM
studebaker hoch: Who has money for that kind of stuff in today's economy?

Not me for sure. I'm bled dry.
 
2010-03-15 11:28:09 PM
suraimu: Why is he putting on a -second- pair of sunglasses?

Because he's that farking badass.
 
2010-03-15 11:28:23 PM
Etchy333: I thought it was a reference to the movie, 28 Days Later, with Apple fans being the zombies.

I thought it was a reference to the movie, 28 Days, with Apple fans being a drunken Sandra Bullock.


/not really, since no one actually saw that movie
 
2010-03-15 11:28:26 PM
Nicely done, subby. I lol'd.

+1
 
2010-03-15 11:28:26 PM
I DRTFA but I would guess a drop in preorder sales is to be expected. Most of the people that would preorder it have done so and everyone else is waiting until it hits stores and their friends so they can try it first.
 
2010-03-15 11:29:49 PM
www.enemyplanet.com
 
2010-03-15 11:30:01 PM
Britney Spear's Speculum: I thought the headline was referring to Zombies.

But then I realized subby meant MENSTRUATION.


The bears can smell the menstration.
 
2010-03-15 11:32:20 PM
I would get one, only for one reason. To change the settings so that the screen looked like the LCARS program on Star Trek. Then I could carry it around, like they do on the show. Call it my iPADD.

But for just that one reason, and no reason beyond that, I can't justify the cost of a supersized ipod touch.
 
2010-03-15 11:33:45 PM
Tobin_Lam: Britney Spear's Speculum: I thought the headline was referring to Zombies.

But then I realized subby meant MENSTRUATION.

The bears can smell the menstration.


Well, that's just great. You hear that, Ed? Bears. Now you're putting the whole station in jeopardy.
 
2010-03-15 11:34:04 PM
Great Janitor: I would get one, only for one reason. To change the settings so that the screen looked like the LCARS program on Star Trek. Then I could carry it around, like they do on the show. Call it my iPADD.

But could you pick up ashley judd?
 
2010-03-15 11:37:29 PM
I really hope this thing fails miserably. It's a giant freaking iPhone you can't call people with. Although the iPhone is a regular phone you can't call people with. Anyway, Steve Jobs is the Antichrist.
/sent from my iPhone.
 
2010-03-15 11:41:28 PM
rel-yo: I really hope this thing fails miserably. It's a giant freaking iPhone you can't call people with. Although the iPhone is a regular phone you can't call people with. Anyway, Steve Jobs is the Antichrist.
/sent from my iPhone.


It's not an iPhone, it is a giant iPod Touch. It would be good for leaving on the coffee table if the computer is in another room but that's just about all it seems good for at home.
 
2010-03-15 11:42:00 PM
i figured it comes out in 28 days and so sales would go back up again when it came out.

/cute joke still.
 
2010-03-15 11:42:21 PM
Forgot to add:

/Also sent from my iPhone.
 
2010-03-15 11:43:34 PM
Hopefully, Apple can maintain a steady flow of iPads to stores.
 
2010-03-15 11:43:47 PM
Is the screen sploogeproof? Maybe men (and some women) want a bigger target.
 
2010-03-15 11:44:39 PM
pics.blameitonthevoices.com
 
2010-03-15 11:44:53 PM
t1.gstatic.com
 
2010-03-15 11:44:59 PM
Etchy333: If it had a webcam and a cool Skype Chatroulette app, that would be nice, but it's definitely a first-gen product for now.

/Penis
 
2010-03-15 11:46:00 PM
+1

Bloody brilliant, Subby!
 
2010-03-15 11:46:06 PM
A pinball game would be fun on one of those.
 
2010-03-15 11:47:23 PM
Hey wait a minute, that's not funny.
 
2010-03-15 11:51:35 PM
I have an iPhone and would like to see Steve Jobs forcibly mouthf*cked for a day or two for deliberately crippling such a potentially awesome piece of hardware.

/Oh, and the iMenstruate is for witless jackoffs with too much money.
//I console myself by SSHing into my Linux box from the jailbroken command line.
 
2010-03-15 11:52:18 PM
I had to mull it over but teh lulz won.

Well played.
 
2010-03-15 11:53:10 PM
While I'll be the first to admit that the iPad is not the height of technology... it does have a headphone jack. Lots of misinformation on this product.
 
2010-03-15 11:54:04 PM
veritas.fla, that's not a very good comparison. The processors, screens, and hard drives use significantly different technology. It also leaves out battery life. Furthermore, it incorrectly states the iPad doesn't have a headphone jack, which is further augmented by Bluetooth stereo.
 
2010-03-15 11:54:31 PM
I wouldn't spend even $50 on an iPad. I just don't see what I'm supposed to do with it that I can't do better with something else.

Maybe if it were a full laptop in tablet form or something. Even then, laptops are probably better.
 
2010-03-15 11:55:44 PM
So many proles are panning the iPad that it's guaranteed to be a hit.
 
2010-03-15 11:58:27 PM
Tello, who is better known on the Web as Deagol (after a Hobbit in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings), attributes roughly half of the estimated 120,000 first-day sales to "pure overexcited fanboism."


I remember when people used to have to attend college for four years to have their opinions and analysis taken seriously by journalists. Now all you have to do is murder your fishing buddy and steal his bling.
 
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