I kid, really, because I was excited to see a viable tablet, and if anyone can make it happen, it would be Cupertino. I was lucky enough to watch the unveiling from Robert Scoble HQ, along with my friend Don Dodge, and to watch Robert synthesize multiple live streams of video, audio, tweets, and photos into an overview of the event.
What did we think? The take was pretty much unanimous. We’ll all buy one because it’s a fun toy and that’s what we do. We love that the 16 GB base model is $499 but we want the 64GB 3G model at $829. We aren’t blown away. Scoble says “I was expecting a 10.0 and an 8.7 showed up.” What’s the use case?

I think there’s a potential new market for AAPL here. The theory seems to be that there is a consumer base that doesn’t need a workhorse computer, does not need enterprise, but wants to surf the Web, consume media, play games, and use the applications to which iPhone users have become addicted. The larger multi-touch screen is a great use of that technology. The iPad is really fun. It’s probably not really useful (more…)

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leaked photos of next-gen Mac mini? I was more excited to see the Kindle, but still cool http://bit.ly/3SZ9E

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Hulu pulls its content from Boxee as well as tv.com. “does not play well with others” http://bit.ly/Ffym7

RT @dweekly: Home ownership was the 20th century American dream; the 21st century dream is to realize the potential of each individual.

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differing takes on Touch & Go dropping mfr. & distrib. Many great indie labels-will find. a home http://bit.ly/11u6M9 http://bit.ly/IROdF

So completely thrilled with a customer acquisition strategy just designed for a client. It’s green, it’s good, it’s inexpensive- love it!!

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MSFT getting into 3D w/ 3D camera co. 3DV – finally move toward digital 3D gaming, which should be HUGE. What’re other gamecos doing in 3D?

Desalination startup Oasys Water raises 10M Series A. Desalination = usable seawater= important http://bit.ly/16wbnc (more…)