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Steve Jobs Ripped Off Mad TV

By Robert Swartwood on January 28, 2010

In honor of today’s announcement of Apple’s new product (I still think iSlate has a nicer ring to it), I figured it was only fitting to bring you your Freaky Friday Fun one day early because if you don’t see it here, you’re apt to see it somewhere else (if you haven’t seen it already).

First though, my thoughts on the iPad: not overly impressed. Basically it’s a jumbo iPod touch. Okay, that’s great, but for some reason I thought it was going to be an eReader first and foremost … or maybe that was just wishful thinking. The idea of the eReader, of course, is to present a product that will not strain a reader’s eyes, like — oh I don’t know — looking at a computer monitor. Which the iPad basically is. Not that I’m saying I’m not interested in checking it out once it makes its eventual appearance at my local Apple Store, but I haven’t placed a preorder just yet.

An upside, though, is that it would be great for viewing graphic novels and other comics, so there’s that to consider.

Anyway, over a decade ago Mad TV did a spoof on what they called — yep, you guessed it — the iPad. Enjoy.

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  • http://aaronpolson.blogspot.com Aaron

    I have to say I was a little underwhelmed by the iPad. $14.99 ebooks via iTunes that I’d have to read on an led backlit screen?

    Seems a like a backwards step to me.

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  • http://charlesgramlich.blogspot.com Charles Gramlich

    That’s too much. Humor got there first.

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  • Robert Swartwood

    The pricing is a mess for the iPad. Publishers want more control so they can charge more, only they don’t seem to realize people won’t pay over a certain amount for ebooks. If a new release is almost $15 from iBooks, why would I pay that when I could use a B&N coupon and membership card and get the same new release in hardback for just a few bucks more? Stupid, stupid, stupid.

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  • Ryan White

    The Ipad is just the first step. It’s a bridge between the iphone and the laptop. It already comes with a keyboard and stand, so it can sit on your desk when you are doing things like using the iwork suite it comes with, or you can sit in a chair with it in your lap. The apps already available will be far more useful on the larger screen, and developers are already working to create ipad native apps that will blow iphone apps away thanks to improved processing power.

    The books do cost more, but that’s due to publishing companies not being willing to accept the future. Amazon is actually losing money on the books they sell right now, just to sell more kindles. They also are in negotiations with publishing companies in an attempt to have them lower their ebook prices.

    This is just the first version, remember the first ipod? It still blew everything away. The ipad, or something very much like it, will eventually be the end of the laptop. For now however, apple doesn’t want to lose all their laptop sales as well, so they didn’t want to incorporate TOO much functionality into the ipad.

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