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It’s here, and as cleverly packaged as their other products. However, we’re not using it yet. The first time you turn it on it wants to sync with iTunes, which was unexpected. I would have thought it could do this over the cell network, so we haven’t really used it yet. We’ll see if we get some time to do this over the weekend.

Other obvious gripe: the little manual is printed in a font so small that a magnifying glass is needed to read it. I thought this document might just be the legal stuff which no one ever reads. But, it was the real instructions.

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Directly from the factory. Sitting at FedEx in Hong Kong right now. I think it would have been faster to get put on the waiting list at the Apple Store.

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We’re still waiting for the iPad we ordered.  The order system being down for maintenance (preventing us from checking the order) is only increasing the tension…

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Walked down to the Apple store today and held the new iPad in my hand.  It is a very impressive bit of engineering.  Has enough heft to it that it feels substantial (most likely the weight is all glass and batteries), yet is held easily in a single hand.  The Email and book reader applications were particularly impressive, and using this instead of a laptop for these functions seems like a real step up.

Looking forward to a more extended exploration, once the hordes of teenagers are back in school.

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Washington Post’s most read article (as of this second) is about a rumored name for the rumored Apple tablet computer which is rumored to be released at the upcoming developer’s conference in a few weeks.  Note that the Post’s article is based on an article from Macrumors.com.  So much energy in this, but not sure of the purpose.  Is ruining announcements of upcoming products what the media focuses on now?  At least when they aren’t busy with important Tiger Woods or Balloon Boy news?

I guess the public’s eyes glaze over with all the detail we know of health care reform.  Or plans to improve the economy.

(Sorry, the cynicism switch seems to be stuck on “high”)

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