More of a dickhead than me, who never, ever shuts his workstation down voluntarily, because I can't bear waiting 5 minutes for it to come up?

Get an iPad. It's as close to instant as you're likely to…

They can get a good piece, sure. But total market domination isn't something I see happening again.

They've managed to make iTunes the overwhelmingly dominant digital retailer of music; and the iTunes Store sells far, far more mobile applications than any other retailer.

That actually worries me, especially given iTunes'…

The software politics around all this are fascinating.

Reckon – and check this ranty piece about how the business of location-based services will play out.

But the odds-on favorite here by far is Facebook. With 400M+ users, an already very active userbase, and users' growing familiarity with FB Connect on…

I'm pretty confused by M$'s plans at the moment too. Not that I especially care what happens to them – their only products that I use are Windows (which I'd just as soon stopped being developed, and just stabilized), and Visual Studio. Oh and Hotmail. Even if they start…

A Singapore-based company has helpfully come out with the JooJoo tablet, which is just like the iPad except it really sucks. The Wired review shows that getting a device like this to really sing isn't trivial.

The Germans have come up with the WePad which, if all specs are accurate,…

One of many developers pissed off about Apple's change to the iPhone SDK terms, mandating that applications be “originally written” in C/C++/Objective-C, emailed Jobs and got a reply.

John Gruber puts the other side of the change, which prevents apps being developed…

Apple talks up the M$ rivalry.

Not really — mainly when Microsoft bends over and tapes a "Kick me" sign to its arse. Now that Vista is over there'll be no more "Hi, I'm a Mac" ads, according to Justin Long.

At the iPhone 4 event about the only…

Frankly, the number of reasonably smart people I've met over the years who don't understand the difference between memory and storage, or who've lost their work somewhere on their hard disks and want me to help find it, is disgraceful.

Computers are like toilets, everyone uses them, but there'll always…

And, um, you weren't a Mac user in 1981, because they weren't invented until 1984, when I started using them. I expect you meant Apple user.

Yeah, that. Apple II. We had one of the early Mac's in 1984 also. And I got to play with an Apple Lisa. Which…

I was being ironic. Couldn't you tell?

I assumed you were but preferred to ignore it to reiterate my loathing and contempt for that video clip. And, um, you weren't a Mac user in 1981, because they weren't invented until 1984, when I started using them. I expect…

Your…

"I downloaded Kick-Ass IV onto my iPad the other night — what a dag!

I once knew a guy who really did talk like that. He'd wear the same Garfield t-shirt five days in a row.

Yeah. Anyone else wants to smash an iPad, let me know. I'll relieve you of the burden. We could make a video of you giving it to me and put it on YouTube.

@ recordari: What a very peculiar attitude. Like I said, that's dickhead talk — and (Simon Grigg)…

I think the collective noun for iPad haters will be "dickheads" in a couple of years' time, if not sooner.

Yeah. Anyone else wants to smash an iPad, let me know. I'll relieve you of the burden. We could make a video of you giving it to me and put…

that's one of several reasons why I think the collective noun for iPad haters will be "dickheads" in a couple of years' time, if not sooner.

Damn, you sound like George W. : you're either with us or you're against us. Is there no acceptable middle ground?

I have a…

Karl from CactusLab's two year-old daughter's first five minutes with the iPad

Great stuff! I have sent this on to my PhD student Annemarie in Tauranga, for she is doing a study of preschoolers and their media use. Another reminder of the tactile relationship young children have with media.

Have…

@ Steve Withers: Since I'm a user rather than a Cory Doctorow-style f*ckwit (which you're not either,…

Yep. Since January.

iStandCorrected...

I'm not entirely sure how it's going to cross the Southern Motorway to get into Grafton gully, though, do you have a link to the proposal?

The nice man from NZTA presented the proposal at a recent Cycle Action Auckland meeting. Pretty cool video too. Unfortunately no link as yet,…

Or does Vimeo have an HTML5 iPad too?

Yep. Since January.

http://vimeo.com/blog:268

Like YouTube's, still in beta, but it works.

Karl from CactusLab's two year-old daughter's first five minutes with the iPad

That's way cool. Now I want one to play with.

Also, that two year old has about 20 times the technical ability with computers than some of the academics that I have to provide support for.

http://vimeo.com/10785602

Neat.

I'm genuinely fascinated by the media and cultural elements

Agree. I find it fascinating to see all the people who criticise the iPAD for not being something else (Steve above). But more interestingly the media who seem to oscilate between fans and doomsayers.

It does seem as though the media…

Apple reveals new iPhone features

The best thing the iPad will do, in a broad sense, is set a benchmark for makers of tablets with other, more open and accessible…

Russell, you are to Apple product launches what Garth McVicar is to "hang 'em high" laws. Go you good thing (tm)

I'm genuinely fascinated by the media and cultural elements, as much as the device itself.

The things people will do to get on YouTube.

That's quite moronic. More money then sense.

Mind you, I'm not alone on the Meola one — it's a horrible slow surface, and steeper than it looks to the eye, for some reason. I do chuckle when I see people in fancy cycling gear blowing a bit as they get to the roundabout.

It certainly is, I'm…

I'm not even close to being in the market but I'd love to be able to go…

BTW, if the literal definition of "unbelievable" is "I can't believe they're going to charge that much for it in NZ given the current US-NZ exchange rate" then perhaps the tag line will prove to be accurate.....

Just the fact that they're advertising it that heavily at all without a…

Bonus, NZTA have announced that they are extending this link all the way to the heart of the city itself, via Upper Queen St, and a bike path all the way down Grafton Gully to Wellesley St.

What Ben said. Yippee.

And Russell, while you're on yer bike, check out the new $3m cycleway built by NZTA directly adjacent to the NorthWestern motorway. This will be opened next Thursday where I get to ride into Steve 'holiday highway or hell' Joyce and mutter, whoopsie.

Fuckin' awesome.

The opening, that is, and…

This will be opened next Thursday..

That's a big w00t from me. Much though I loved the hills in Kingsland (at least I loved having them behind me), I didn't like the narrow roads, concealed driveways and bumpy ground.

Bonus, NZTA have announced that they are extending this link all…

(not that I would, but ya know,…

Cheap bastard, I presume.

The man wins... nothing. I'm too cheap to come out with a prize.

"A magic and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price."

Oh really? What would that price be then?

There's certainly no clue at http://www.apple.com/nz/ipad/, nor at…

The one on beer ads was quite fun too.

in part because what I am rhymes with "bleep mustard"

Deep Custard?
Keep Flustered?
Sheep Mustered?
Sleep Busted?

Agree with the lemmings and excessive income comment. I like Apple products, but never get 1st gen products. Fools and their money....

Kinda. I think the first-gen iPad is distinguished by how well it does the things it does do. It really is a pleasure to use. And by all…

It's not necessary to ride on the road because the marked cycle-path is on the footpath? or... you took an entirely different route ?

The former. Sorry that wasn't very clear. But yeah, I find slowing down for pedestrians and family groups an acceptable trade-off for not having to share…

it's not necessary to ride on Tamaki Drive at all on the way into the CBD

It's not necessary to ride on the road because the marked cycle-path is on the footpath? or... you took an entirely different route ?

But, yes, you bet I'll have one by the end of the year.

Well, duh!

Syncing files to your computer means going through iTunes and looks, frankly, like a bit of a pain in the ass. Roll on a better solution for that.

John Gruber, on Daring Fireball wrote about this at greater length, but summed up:

What it boils down to is that there…

Of course I'll watch Media 7. Great programme!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/blogs/connector/3551971/HPs-Slate-a-contender-against-iPad

and i much preferred sunrise to the dipshit and twattery of breakfast...Very sucky indeed !

I have been that lemming (without the excessive disposable income).

There is a word for an early adopter, and it rhymes with "cupid".

I've always waited at least three years from realease before upgrading to a new Windows operating system (in part because what I am rhymes with "bleep mustard")…

Only lemmings with no self-control and excessive disposable income buy first generation Apple products.

I have been that lemming (without the excessive disposable income).

I got swept up in the iPhone hysteria and…