So we know he’s going to step down. He has the great tribal following, and this is his last card to play. Of course he’s going to put it all out on the table. He has nothing to lose, there will be no more game after this. The next “Jobs” will have some big shoes to fill, but he won’t be liable for the first one’s mistakes and overstatements. So they pulled out all the stops on the hype generator.

So far, it seems to have backfired. But I’m not sure their sales will reflect that.

As for revolutionizing…. I’ll stick to my point that Apple has always been more about repackaging than innovation.

Thanks for stopping by, it’s been quite a while!

I agree with you, it’s a decent product compared to its competitors. But let’s stop for a bit and ask ourselves why did Steve Jobs himself say that this is their most revolutionary product yet? Or why did reports come in as he was more excited than was ever before about a product?

The iPad doesn’t revolutionize a thing, it’s not a breakthrough in technology, it’s not going to change we use communicate (at least not this version) and it’s certainly not filling any gap or solve any problem.

I don’t think Apple ever did revolutionize anything, they just took what was there and made it slightly better and decisively prettier.

The iPod is a glorified mp3 player (those had been around for ages when it appeared).

The iPhone is a glorified smartphone (same thing) – plus they had the vision to turn it into a platform, but that’s a strategy not a feature.

So now the iPad (let’s call it a slate, make a statement of it) is what every attempt at a tablet should’ve been so far. It’s better than the Kindle, the Nook, the Sony Reader, Apple’s own Newton and some other anonymous tablets that have been floating around (Archos, I think?) – and beats their price. What more would we want?

Why, then, are we all so surprised that it didn’t blow our minds? None of this stuff was supposed to in the first place. Apple is just faithfully following its model.

So what’s changed? I think the hype machine just got too efficient for its own good. Apple turned themselves into the boy who cried wolf (in reverse, sortof) and something like this was bound to happen. I think this is something to ponder.

On the other hand, it might sell like hotcakes.