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...kind of the same though

still cool]]>May 13th 2010 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/This is obviously intentional, a nice homage.]]>May 13th 2010 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/
yes, really. ]]>May 13th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/No? Hmm...]]>May 13th 2010 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/
Steve Jobs declared all the Newton (read: PDA) features were being adopted into cell phones, so he killed it when he took the reins in the late 90s.... a few years later, they began development on a device called the iPhone, you may have heard of it?]]>May 13th 2010 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/Nope, that's Peter Coyote in the new one. ]]>May 13th 2010 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/Does this mean Steve Jobs is going to sue himself or send a swat team to apple hq and take that ad?]]>May 13th 2010 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://bit.ly/iboard-is-apples-next-device]]>May 13th 2010 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/No right or wrong way, huh? Tell that to flash and app developers!]]>May 13th 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/
iPad, half the functionality of a netbook at twice the price.]]>May 13th 2010 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/
Seriously. For some reason, I cant really draw with my fingers, but with an apparatus that you can hold like a pencil... its almost natural. You don't need to learn anything. It just comes.]]>May 13th 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/P.S. I prefer old newton ads, there is a nice sense of humor ]]>May 13th 2010 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/Man I must be young, I don't remember any TV that was square. only 4:3]]>May 13th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/
Except for Flash.®]]>May 13th 2010 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/
as if she needs it]]>May 13th 2010 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/"Copying it" implies there were not mobile devices like it before (and I'm not talking about the convertible tablets and some slate devices that run on Windows, I mean the exact same idea as the iPad: slates that run on mobile OSes). MIDs and Internet Tablets have been around for a while. To name a few: Archos 7, Sony Mylo, Nokia N770. The operate on the same premise of a device that offers much of the functionality of a computer but can comfortably be used on the couch. So it's not like the industry haven't been working on this formula for quite some time. It's just none of the companies that make those devices were able to get the kind of popular reaction and free publicity that Apple got.

Personally I have no interest in this type of device (not convinced it has staying power or if it is just like the hype the Macbook Air got and eventually will end up as a niche product), and I'm not convinced that many people who are rooting for the HP/Palm or the Android tablet will even really will buy one. I think most people just want to see some kind of competition to Apple, no matter what product they make.]]>May 13th 2010 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/
There's a thousand dollar difference between the MacBook Air and the iPad. Big difference. People will continue to buy-up the iPad because of it's price.

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When's the last time you saw one of those... like 2007?

LMAO]]>May 13th 2010 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/
The funny thing is after watching the original Newton Ad again done two decades ago, one could say that Verizon took the idea from the original Newton ads. Same machismo sounding voice "What is Newton" - "What is Droid"

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I like the stylus input, makes it much more useful in real world situations. My index finger is fine with my iPhone 3G, but I would love to be able to write/draw on the iPad's gorgeous screen....

Too bad I thought it was sluggish as hell when I tried a couple in downtown Chicago.]]>May 13th 2010 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/
What Apple have completely failed in answering for the past couple of months is - What is it *FOR*??! Apart from the touch screen, what can it do that my netbook/phone can't do?]]>May 13th 2010 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/
The newton was a FAR more innovative device. IPad lacks any innovation whatsoever, unless you count marketing.]]>May 13th 2010 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/I already have one and I even still use it from time to time. The best feature is a built in loan amortization calculator. But back in the day the phone dialer was pretty awesome. All you had to do is pick a contact, hold your newton dext to your phone receiver, and press dial. It would send the audible DTMF tones. Worked perfectly.]]>May 14th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/

wheres the article on the commercial for the hd2?]]>May 13th 2010 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/
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Welcome to Engadget...?]]>May 13th 2010 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/what-is-ipad-spot-deviates-little-from-the-days-of-newton/May 13th 2010 2:04AM