Apple iPad is out to assassinate laptops

28 January 2010 | 10:30 - By Stefano Boscutti

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

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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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Comments (3)

28 Jan 2010 20:25 AEST

l33t haxxor

From: Palmeston

Does it come in maxi?????

Yeah you can use them once every month

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28 Jan 2010 12:54 AEST

Ben Trieste

From: North Sydney

fan boy

mate, you are full of it. bring back roula.

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28 Jan 2010 11:44 AEST

PC-User

From: Darwin

More I-Trash

Sounds like a new range of female sanitary products.

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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.

Stefano Boscutti is an executive creative director and strategist. He's like a better looking version of Todd Sampson. He also has an abiding faith that stories and wordplay (and not powerpoint presentations) will change the world.

 
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