Apple iPad is out to assassinate laptops

Well-crafted but closed devices are their future of consumer computing. And if no one else can match the iPad experience, they may be right. PCs will be around as expert devices for the long haul, but it's clear that Apple, coasting on the deserved success of the iPhone, sees simple, closed internet devices as the future of computing. And for the average consumer, it could be. It's the "internet device" vision of a decade ago all over again, except now Apple can offer what is arguably the best user experience for internet and media consumption combined with a very reasonable (for a brand new gadget) price.  And the book interface in a word?  Gorgeous.  Don't believe me. Click the second link to see why you'll never look at an ebook the same way again.

http://i.gizmodo.com/5458349/apple-ipad-just-tried-to-assassinate-laptops
http://i.gizmodo.com/5458329/what-it-looks-like-to-read-a-book-on-the-apple-ipad-+-video?autoplay=true
http://www.apple.com/ipad/#video


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Only way to interpret the launch of the iPad? Apple has declared the PC dead.

 
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