| The Apple iPad is getting mixed reviews and the | | | | that what ALL advertising is doing to us? Conditioning |
| thing hasn't even hit the market yet. Every tech | | | | us to be accepting that the advertised product is |
| website or guru is talking about the device as though | | | | superior to what we currently own or use? Frankly, |
| it will be a piece of world changing technology, others | | | | I'm tired of being conditioned to believe what the |
| are calling it a high dollar doorstop. Me, I can't think of | | | | media tells me to buy. |
| a single good thing to say about it other than it is | | | | Back to the iPad... I don't believe that I will ever own |
| just another expensive gadget that you can hold | | | | one. As a matter of fact, I only claim ownership to |
| inside of your local Starbucks so that you can look | | | | one Apple product, the iPod. Now that is a useful |
| cool to all of the other wi-fi patrons drinking | | | | device. I have almost my entire music collection |
| expensive overrated coffee. Sure you can read | | | | stored on that little 80 gig technological wonder. I ride |
| books on the device, but you can buy a lot of really | | | | a bicycle a lot of miles during the warm months and |
| good used books (i'm talking paperback, real books | | | | that device goes with me everywhere, blasting music |
| here) for a lot less money, and if you accidentaly | | | | into my ears to keep me cranking on those pedals.It |
| drop one of those analog paper books, it won't | | | | fits into my pocket and I cannot imagine a ride |
| break on you. I guess I really don't get the point of | | | | without it. The iPad wouldn't make for a very good |
| the iPad. Is it a computer, a cell phone, or what? It | | | | travelling companion on a bicycle, even if it could turn |
| doesn't even support the web standard Flash | | | | the pedals for me. |
| component for internet video! In my opinion, if you | | | | The jury is still out on the iPad, but I can bet that |
| want to spend your hard earned dollars on | | | | there will be a line around the block of my local Best |
| technology, then get a laptop or one of those $250 | | | | Buy when Apple releases it later this year. One things |
| Web computers. | | | | for sure... I won't be in that line. Besides, I prefer 7-11 |
| Apple is conditioning the general public into thinking | | | | coffee over Starbucks any day! |
| that their products are superior. As a side note, isn't | | | | |