Best Buy's iPad launch playbook leaked in its entirety? Looks like it

Well, well, what do we have here? In case you were wondering if those leaked Best Buy iPad playbook images making the rounds this weekend were legit, we've been handed a 15-page PDF that matches up with everything we've seen so far. Granted, this could still be fake, but it's a pretty thorough and clever one, if so. There isn't really anything too exciting that we haven't already covered, but for those who felt like something in their lives were missing between the excerpts, feel free to browse the entire thing now while you wait (im)patiently for Saturday.

Best Buy's iPad Launch Playbook

[FalkensMaze Posted Mar 29th 2010 1:47AM]

@Johnny Rockets
Yeah, why would they market a geeky smartphone on the INTERNET of all places...

[groovedafied Posted Mar 28th 2010 11:19PM]

@Scape3d

guys...GUYS, it's a penis guys. ^_^

[New Reformation Posted Mar 28th 2010 11:19PM]

@grapeDrank

Don't make me hit you.

Q('_"Q)

[guroth Posted Mar 28th 2010 11:25PM]

I wonder how Best Buy will "optimize" the iPads they sell.

[buoy Posted Mar 28th 2010 11:29PM]

wow........... their passwords and security keys are near the end of the brochure O_o to open secure sections of best buy or something.... guess it really is for employees eyes only.

lol.

[piggy Posted Mar 29th 2010 3:09AM]

@buoy I think that's a part number for a physical key, not a password.

[ZeroCorpse Posted Mar 28th 2010 11:30PM]

I can't see spending $500 or more on a giant crippleware iPod. It's ridiculously weak in features and openness.

[cocopuffs Posted Mar 28th 2010 11:33PM]

Screw the ipad

[djabootie Posted Mar 28th 2010 11:38PM]

if you look on page five, the website listed is a 404. So I think illegitimate

[pwnstar Posted Mar 29th 2010 1:27AM]

@djabootie website is 404 cuz it has to be on the best buy INTRANET, not the internet :)

[GadgetGeezer Posted Mar 28th 2010 11:56PM]

@summerboy18 What are you smoking??

Don't forget to pass!

[thefox844 Posted Mar 29th 2010 12:03AM]

Salesman: You know that iPod touch you have, it's exactly like that only bigger and at the very least $499.

Consumer: GIVE ME ONE!

[GadgetGeezer Posted Mar 29th 2010 12:08AM]

Hope your source posts up the stores that will have iPads. Info is useless unless you know where to be Saturday morning.

[04blue8 Posted Mar 29th 2010 12:39AM]

@GadgetGeezer i work for best buy this is legit. it has been posted up on our toolkit. any best buy that sells apple comps will be carrying the ipad.

[Jaylittles531 Posted Mar 29th 2010 12:19AM]

Maybe its just me but these iPad posts are just getting pointless. I mean I always love Apple News but this is just getting out of hand. Just wait a week for christ sake and you'll know everything you want to know.

[Maxipad Posted Mar 29th 2010 12:23AM]

Only 5 iPads per store!!!! That is ridiculous. Now I feel even more stupid for not pre-ordering one.

[erik87 Posted Mar 29th 2010 12:32AM]

@Maxipad

Yeah, so like 15 units each store. lol. What a joke

[nsfw Posted Mar 29th 2010 12:36AM]

If you don't wait for at least version two of the ipad, someone should kick you in the nuts.
remember v1 of the iphone? a map, a calculator and youtube on a slow 2.5G network. woopie. took a while before things really got rolling with the app store and the 3G model.

[ajwoodhouse Posted Mar 29th 2010 1:27AM]

For the past couple of months all the apple faithful have been desperately thinking of *why* they need this thing (they don't) and why it really *is* better than a netbook (it isn't)....and of course when they get one they will be gushing over it and saying such rubbish as 'you won't understand it until you've held it' etc etc

[pwnstar Posted Mar 29th 2010 1:31AM]

@ajwoodhouse

I would much rather have one of those Ultra Thin laptops (ie. HP dm3, toshiba T135, or Dell Vostro 13) for around 550 bucks, and be able to load anything windows compatible on it. Are tablets only necessary because science fiction has dictated they are the direction of technology?