Apple iPad launch weekend roundup

As you've no doubt noticed, we at Engadget (and pretty much every other site on the known internet) have been doing what we can to blow out coverage of Apple's iPad. If you've picked up one of the over 300,000 units floating around the US, or if you're not but still have even a smidgen of interest, here are the essential pieces from over the weekend:

Reviews

Apple iPad review
Accessories hands-on / micro-review
Engadget Podcast 190: iPad Edition
...It's here!

Launch event coverage

First 3G iPad sighted in the wild, Woz plays it cool by riding a Segway
iPad line watch: the few, the proud?
Josh (and the iPad) on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon!

iPad apps

News and Magazines
Utilities
Social Networking
Games
Scrabble's iPhone-assisted Party Play
Netflix and ABC Player hands-on
iDisplay: the best concept, most horrific execution award goes to...
Defining experiences from the first wave

Editorial

Editorial: iPad app prices are out of control and will kill us all
Entelligence: the iPad as a productivity tool
iPass? The best present and future alternatives

Misc.

Hey, look at that: iFixit's ripping an iPad to shreds
iPad OS digging reveals hints of future iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Nessie
Chargin woes: USB hubs, non-Macs and weak ports not rejuvenating
Apple's A4 SoC faces Qualcomm Snapdragon in knock-down-drag-out benchmark
iPad 'Spirit' jailbreak demonstrated by MuscleNerd, now it really is magical
Screen Grabs: LeBron James overlooks iPad at MLB season opener
Will it blend? iPad edition
Scottevest debuts 'iPad compatible' clothing line, the world cringes

P.S. -- Don't forget, you can always exclude all Apple or all iPad coverage from your Engadget experience.

[ASKY Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:39PM]

What I love the most about the iPad, isn't all those exciting new apps & feature, nor the screen or anything else..
It's just that 6icons dock OTB.
4 looks just DUMB on such a large device. Now this looks more like a OS X dock.
Smart move.

[BlackedOut Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:45PM]

@ASKY
/agreed
totally worth $500.

[nomistake Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:48PM]

@BlackedOut
Can't help my Jedi senses to pick up some sarcasm-activity

[The Advanced Kind Posted Apr 5th 2010 9:00PM]

@ASKY

I just wish we had a little more coverage of the device. For such a big product launch, I feel like there is barely any coverage.

[taligent Posted Apr 5th 2010 10:34PM]

@lsx .. Well here's a thought:

Visit often:
http://www.engadget.com/exclude/ipad

Visit less often:
http://www.engadget.com

Then you won't miss the iPad articles you are interested in and won't keep boring those of us that are interested in the iPad.

[Wesscoast Posted Apr 5th 2010 11:13PM]

@lsx

Of course.

I'm sure the iPhone 4.0 will get no coverage on Engadget whatsoever.

[VictorBush Posted Apr 5th 2010 11:50PM]

Reading the comments on engadget is the best form of entertainment available. It's classic. And free.

Oh crap, my popcorn's burning!

[abedinthehouse Posted Apr 6th 2010 12:04AM]

@Wesscoast
except when it lands on the iPad that is.

[abedinthehouse Posted Apr 6th 2010 12:07AM]

Im just glad its finally over (I think)!
We can now move onto different news. It was fun and interesting, now bring on the future Engadget!

[chriszzz Posted Apr 6th 2010 12:42AM]

@taligent I like to drink a Coke once in a while, but I don't want to drink a Coke 10 times a day. But that also doesn't mean that I never want to see or drink a Coke ever again. The idea is : keep it to reasonable, manageable amounts.

[Mister Warmth Posted Apr 6th 2010 12:43AM]

Can't wait for the roundup of iPad roundups. Coming soon i'm sure.

[groovedafied Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:40PM]

I like ice cream

[lexitu Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:41PM]

That's a lot of articles.

[Jimbojones Posted Apr 5th 2010 11:59PM]

the best part is I went to BestBuy to get some memory today at 6:30pm and expected tons of people... not only there was no iPad line, but there was nobody in iPad apple section - there were like 5 iPads on display and NOBODY around, not one single person even playing with them.

can we finally stop talking about iPad, please

[lexitu Posted Apr 6th 2010 12:01AM]

@Jimbojones

I would have thought that you shop at the Woolly Bully :) I agree with you though mate, I am interested to see Australia's reaction.

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:42PM]

leave my coloring book alone

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:49PM]

There is a logical explanation to why I just said that...

[NathanHeil Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:53PM]

@Lord Vader It's like engadget comments are drifting to a galaxy, far, far away, right Vader?

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:55PM]

@NathanHeil. That's Lord Vader to you

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:57PM]

but yes

[Son Goku Posted Apr 5th 2010 9:01PM]

The Flash is strong with this one.

[deepdigits Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:43PM]

@ajac09

you sir, would be perfect to play the lead role in a tragic drama entitled trolleo & juliet

[BlackedOut Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:44PM]

27 Articles.
Engadget you whore.
I still love you.

[taligent Posted Apr 5th 2010 10:54PM]

@BlackedOut .. Windows Phone 7. 16 articles in 3 days for something that isn't even shipping.

I think Engadget gets around more than you think ;)

[chriszzz Posted Apr 6th 2010 12:45AM]

@BlackedOut - We may love Engadget but she's really pushing it, that whore.

[Prokanda Posted Apr 6th 2010 2:53AM]

@taligent: not the same beast, in my opinion. windows 7 series ultra 64bit whatever is a new phone OS that will be powering business and geek phones for years to come... and it's a badly needed reboot to that huge segment.

this is a big ipod touch that costs half a grand with no 3g.

big difference there.

I know that the engadget writers love apple, and I've owned (and still do own) apple products, but an article just about scrabble? an article about how many articles you've posted? little bit much, methinks.

[bougelahi Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:44PM]

Is there an exclude for all pointless iPad articles? I like good news on it...but having a review on every app that you guys wasted your money on isn't interesting to most people, that i know at least. Thats 20-something articles (in just a couple days) and I only actually thought 4-5 had useful information in them. If you listen to your readers engadget, just please make more useful articles.

[bougelahi Posted Apr 5th 2010 9:48PM]

@bougelahi
P.S
If you're going to post so many articles on one device in the duration of one weekend...why not for every device launch?
share the love engadget and we'll share ours

[juanvaldez Posted Apr 5th 2010 10:19PM]

@bougelahi Can I uprank this into the stratosphere. Just a temporary Flasing-Neon, Rainbow-esk sign saying "READ ME".

[taligent Posted Apr 5th 2010 10:30PM]

@bougelahi .. they ARE listening to their readers. The number of comments on each iPad articles show people (whether they are lovers or haters) CARE.

If you are unhappy then use the following link in the future:

http://www.engadget.com/exclude/ipad

[bougelahi Posted Apr 5th 2010 10:34PM]

@taligent
you didnt read my comment i guess. I said I like to read about the iPad just maybe not have an entire article about Lebron James not looking at an iPad. I don't want to exclude apple or iPad news I just dont want to have to sift through the junk articles that have no constructive purpose.

[taligent Posted Apr 5th 2010 10:38PM]

@bougelahi .. well guess what. You are selfish. Because Engadget is not here just for you. Not every article is going to be of interest to you. Perhaps you need to take a look back to when Windows Phone 7 was released:

http://www.engadget.com/tag/wp7s/

LOTS of articles there as well.

[bougelahi Posted Apr 5th 2010 10:42PM]

@taligent
I don't think I'm being selfish. I'm asking journalists to be more objective. I also have a "highest ranked" so I see multiple people agree with me.

[taligent Posted Apr 5th 2010 10:46PM]

@bougelahi .. They ARE being objective. You're too blinded to see. Like I said before there were LOTS of articles on Windows Phone 7 and numerous other devices in the past.

And I would expect when they have the HP Slate in their hands that there will be lots of articles on that as well.

[bougelahi Posted Apr 5th 2010 11:01PM]

@taligent
they got the joojoo before the iPad...The review came just today.
How many articles have you seen for other devices where a celebrity "overlooked" the device. How many devices have you seen where engadget tells us about every single app that they buy? There are 8 seperate articles only about apps that they bought.

[Atkins Posted Apr 5th 2010 11:59PM]

@bougelahi Given how many iPad sales and how many Joojoo sales there are until now, it is pretty clear which device gets the interest and priority. Also it is Joojoo's problem that they sent their device at the time of the iPad launch.

[Atkins Posted Apr 6th 2010 12:02AM]

@bougelahi "There are 8 seperate articles only about apps that they bought."
About that. I think we've all seen the comments that the iPad is a big iPod Touch. Well, the apps for one make a difference. So they cover them.

[chriszzz Posted Apr 6th 2010 12:51AM]

@taligent - Engadget is alot of things, but being objective about the iPad is not one of them. Not when they are literally gushing over it like its their own firstborn, pushing it on Jimmy Fallon (its almost embarrassing how Joshua T tries to quickly gloss over the iPad's weaknesses despite Jimmy's prodding), and including 10 inch compass apps as something "you need" (really ? who the hell needs a 10 inch compass? ).

I've not seen Engadget being this biased ever.

[Bongo123 Posted Apr 6th 2010 5:22AM]

@chriszzz Maybe there gushing over it because it happens to be a piece of pretty damn cool brand new tech ffs.. is it really that hard to comprehend? as for why not the same coverage as the JooJoo easy it's a pile o shit

[onlymyrailgun Posted Apr 6th 2010 8:30AM]

@bougelahi
Lol, I wonder how you'd think if I tell you that Engadget is not enough for me, I even started going to Gizmodo for all their iPad articles and CNN.com for those iPad iReports.

[eminisp Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:49PM]

Nice thorough review for the iPad. I cant wait to see whats in store for MSFT/Windows phone 7/HP Slate. So many choices for me this summer.

[n8equalsd Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:51PM]

@Adamd21
at least Engadget isn't like Gizmodo. I stopped going to that website for good after the past weekend. Did you know they made a post hating on Nintendo because they said the iPad wasn't a threat to them? Gizmodo seriously needs to stop sucking apples cock.

[RickStar Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:55PM]

@RickStar

Also, allow me to add, my favorite article was the one where the iPad got ripped to shreds =D

[Adamd21 Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:56PM]

@cslawren

Don't we all wish? However a new Apple event is coming up on the 8th I think. So expect another full page of Apple news for that day and until the end of the weekend.

[Peter Church Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:58PM]

@n8equalsd

Have you looked at the number of clicks for those iPad themed articles on Gizmodo? People claim to hate them, but they consistently have hundreds of thousands of hits. Lots of clicks mean more money, hence more Apple coverage. I'm sure it's a similar situation on Engadget.

[Stanley Posted Apr 5th 2010 9:02PM]

It was quite an impressive product launch, that's for sure.

[DalerusOrn Posted Apr 5th 2010 9:02PM]

I appreciate the coverage. I picked up an iPad this weekend and knowing which apps are good from a source I trust is important. Well done Engadget.

[grobbo Posted Apr 5th 2010 9:04PM]

300k includes shipments to retailers like Walmart. Doesn't actually mean 300k people have one.

[Waltah Posted Apr 5th 2010 9:15PM]

@grobbo
So you have found them in stock in a store today?

[EggoEspada Posted Apr 5th 2010 9:08PM]

Great. Now lets move on to the HP Slate shall we. =P