iPad

Because they wanted it to have as few syllables as possible.
You know, like iPod, iMac, I-can't-believe-it's-not-butter, etc.

 

is that where your mind goes? its because it harks back to a pad of paper. the word Pad doesnt belong to tampons

 

I think the fact that very same joke has already been posted about a hundred thousand times over the internet gives it at least a little bit of validity

The name is alright in my opinion... maybe a little too similar to iPod though, could confuse non-tech people.

 

I find a helipad best suits my monthly needs.

 

haha i get it, pad jokes!!! haha

and @Midian, your right about the name. after 9 years of saying iPod, its gonna be hard for some(most) people distinguishing iPad and iPod

 

and u are what? 14, 15? this is obviously not for you if you are just gonna be walking around like some dumba** with it playing games and trying to impress some rando on the street.. $500 is also an amazingly competitive price for a device like this, the original iPhone was $600 FFS..

 

didnt i already say that its referring to a pad of paper? pad doesnt bring up tampon to my mind, i thought pad of paper..

quit reposting ur troll crap

 

I wonder how much it will cost in Europe, not announced yet. I ope it'd about 400 euros(cheapest version), I guess it will be lower than 500, otherwise they would have announced that earlier.

Oh, and pad doesn't link to paper in my head either. Hmmm pad, touhpad

 

Gee...if I had a dollar for every time a person on this forum makes the same tired joke about the name of this device, I'd have enough money to buy a 64 gig tablet!

It was a little bit funny the first time. When you've heard it repeated hundreds of times...not so much.
Unless you're 13, I guess!

 

So... Did anyone else imagine those crazy R.U.S.E. Trailers being totally doable on an ipad? Then set one above another for giant playing field multiplayer?

And for those of us that actually watched the keynote... Did anyone else giggle when he accidently called it iPod?I only noticed it once and he probably beat himself up about it after...

 

With the iPad this might work and this also _could_ mean that it works with upcoming iPhone OS updates to our devices. You can attach the device via USB and then get a shared folder on your desktop computer. This folder contains subfolders for each app, which saved documents. You can then drag documents from and to this folder. If the games savestates are “documents”, they would be available there and you could drag them out to a backup place or to another iPad - or to and from an iPhone.

 

I hear the sounds of gunshot being fired at Adobe:

Ouch.

 

guess we will never get photoshop on our ipad. LOL
almost bought brushes today but figure it be useless on my ipod.. so ill wait till i can get a ipad.

chris.

 

A thorough pre-review

I've been coming to this site for a while now and the iPad topic was the push to join and make my first post. If you're not interested in the "thorough" part of this I'll sum it up by saying I have to agree with those who think the iPad is a joke. Hope is wonderful thing but anyone excited for it is most likely on the same drugs the people at Apple were on when they were playing with their iPhones and decided, "That's it! We'll do the opposite of what we did with the shuffle and just make it bigger!"

Will the iPad take the place of a computer? No. Why? Oh so many reasons. My first question is would I have to sync it with iTunes to get movies, music, etc. on it? If so that immediately eliminates this possibility. Aside from that, does your iPhone/Touch replace your computer? Because that's essentially what you're getting. Even with the accelerometer and bigger touch screen, and even IF I could plug in a mouse and keyboard I still couldn't view 100% of my favorite websites or download and print forms or type documents or any of the other number of things I still turn my computer on to accomplish. Think of how many apps there are to sync and swap files to your computer.

So you say it's great for reading digital books? I guess. If you can justify spending $499 to read a book that you'll have pay for the same as you would the physical paper version. And I don't know about anyone else but I like having books on shelves at home and I like getting lost in bookstores and doesn't anyone borrow/loan/trade books anymore? Imagine this conversation:

person A: "I just read this great book that I know you would love."
person B: "Would I be able to borrow it?"
person A: "No."

The iPad has an iPod app so I can listen to all my favorite music and make custom playlists and emulates the original iPod you say? Well my iPod classic is doing me just fine.

What? Not only does the iPad do music but movies too...and in HD?!?! Fantastic. Because at home I'd much rather watch a movie on the iPad with headphones than a big screen TV with surround sound. And when I'm out and find myself with some minutes kill it'd be so worth it to carry the iPad so I can watch 10 minutes of a movie. It does get annoying pulling my iPhone out of my pocket and playing a quick burst of whatever game has me currently hooked.

BUT WAIT! You're telling me the iPad is the next big gaming device? Because if that's the case I think at some point in time someone repeatedly hit you in the head with a hammer. The gaming side seems to be a big push with iPad and I don't know why. Don't misunderstand here either. I LOVE the games found on the AppStore and 98% of the apps I own are games that I play often.

I'm a true gamer and have been since atari but I can't imagine any game being released exclusively for the iPad that would make me want one. I'll accept that iPhone/Touch and inherently iPad may be SLIGHT competition for the varieties of Nintendo's DS and Sony's PSP but it will never be a comptetitor to the PS3, Wii, or Xbox 360. Assassin's Creed II on the iPhone is great, but it's nowhere near Assassin's Creed II on console or PC and I bought Nazi Zombies for my phone but prefer playing on PS3 and I don't think the day will come will I'll come home from work, boot up my iPad, and play some Demolition on Modern Warfare 2. The games available on iPhone/Touch are original, creative, unique, and above all else fun. I thank the devolopers who work hard to produce them and only hope they continue focus on making them for the iPhone/Touch first and leave the iPad as the afterthought. The gaming side isn't a reason to excitied for the iPad either.

As a quick side note to the people at Apple. If this post somehow finds you I ask that you please, PLEASE don't ever make a true gaming console. You do what you do well and I compliment you for your achievements. But from time to time I get this unsettling feeling that it's really the only direction you have to go and then I get a little dizzy, my head starts to hurt, and I just have to close my eyes and take deep breaths. There's already enough of this "console war crap.". Please don't complicate things.

So who do I see owning an iPad? First and foremost, the hardcore techies and geeks who I have no problem with and will probably appreciate it the most. Aside from them, people who like to stay on top of trends while having minimal understanding of them, arrogant pr*cks who are constantly looking for ways to hold themselves above others, college kids (the type who got the most current model BMW for their 16th birthday), the tweens who's parents buy them whatever they want to keep them busy so they can avoid practicing proper parenting, and the type of people who sit in public places pretending to do something important while drinking a $12, 6oz cup of coffee and hoping that someone, ANYONE will stop and ask, "Is that the iPad?".

SO....

All things considered, can anyone honestly tell me why this thing even exists other than Apple feeling the pressure to create a new iDevice that isn't just an iPodx, Xgen and why we should spend a minimum of $499 (before tax of course) for a larger version of something when the smaller version is actually more applicable to reality?

Thanks for reading.

 

I stopped reading after "the iPad is a joke". :/