{"id":1715,"date":"2010-01-27T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/newspaper-columns\/apple-ipad-epic-fail-meh-71-currently-think-so\/"},"modified":"2010-01-28T00:06:50","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T05:06:50","slug":"apple-ipad-epic-fail-meh-71-currently-think-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1715","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPad: Epic Fail? Meh? 71% currently think so…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I don’t know about you, but I was underwhelmed by the new Apple iPad<\/a> today.\u00a0 Especially given the hype that we have been fed the past few weeks.<\/p>\n

I did a Google search under “iPad Epic Fail” and surprisingly, none other than MSNBC has a poll going using that same term… EPIC FAIL! \u00a0 As of 9:25 pm EST here is the breakdown of responses:<\/p>\n

Must have!\u00a0 26.6%<\/p>\n

Meh… \u00a0 42.3%<\/p>\n

EPIC FAIL!\u00a0 28.7%<\/p>\n

What’s an “iPad”? 1.4%<\/p>\n

Other\u00a0\u00a0 .9%<\/p>\n

What do you think?\u00a0 Vote in the MSNBC iPad poll <\/a><\/p>\n

Adding Meh and Epic Fail together gives a staggering 71% who are either not impressed with the iPad or outright think it stinks.\u00a0 My own gut reaction was “This is it?!!!” and “I’d rather have a netbook, a real computer than can run applications, for a lot less money.”\u00a0 And this is coming from a guy who owns several Macs (I am typing this on my Mac Pro\/30″ combo, in fact) and who has converted many others from Windows to Apple.<\/p>\n

Not to mention… AT&T<\/strong>.\u00a0 That alone cuts out a lot of potential customers.\u00a0 I will have an iPhone the day Verizon has it, but until then I am standing pat with my LG phone.\u00a0 No AT&T for me, for a phone or a tablet.\u00a0 I can’t get a signal where I live… Sprint doesn’t get a clear signal here, either, though I live on a hill.\u00a0 Only Verizon does.<\/p>\n

The jokes are rolling in, too, on the name… Apple’s iPad becomes big fat intimate joke.<\/a>\u00a0 Apparently no one at Apple has seen Mad TV’s iPad sketch\u00a0 before, which ran years ago.\u00a0 Warning- adult content!<\/strong>\u00a0 It is linked here if you want to see it: Mad TV’s iPad sketch<\/a><\/p>\n

Steve Jobs is a lot smarter than me and he is really excited by the iPad, and I have not seen one yet… so maybe I am missing something here. Still, that Netbook is looking better and better…<\/p>\n

Questions? Email Don<\/a><\/p>\n

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