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We take a momentary break from Charlie Sheen news (did you see how he threatened to chop his son’s head off and send it to his mother in the mail? LOL?) to bring you the second biggest story of the day: Apple’s release of the iPad 2. It looks pretty neat! I wasn’t really that impressed with the iPad 1, which seemed like a giant iPhone, and I guess this still seems like a giant iPhone, but at least it’s a thinner, lighter, faster, neater smaller iPhone? I don’t know. (Oh, as with all of our iPad Open Threads, if the BOSS is reading this, it is relevant to this website because uh did you know you can play movies on your new iPad with its improved graphics capabilities and also can I have an iPad strictly for work-related purposes?) The best part about the new iPad though is that it inspired a small party game on Twitter: #predictingJayLenojokes. I think this one was my favorite.
Promotional video describing the iPad 2′s features and open thread after the jump.
NOW WITH MORE COMMENT PARTYYYYYY!
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*insert generic feminine product joke here*
I’d line my panties with it.
*insert sincere apology here*
The new iPad is so powerful, you can even feel comfortable getting it in white.
blah blah blah denim
#predictingjaylenojokes
So how do I google on this thing?
“The iPad plays music. Kids love to play with it. It used to be black, but now it’s white. It looks like Michael Jackson has been reincarnated!” -Jay Leno.
Dear Giant iPhone 2, you are still a Giant iPhone.
I feel like using this gif:
So, wait. How do i get Oprah to get me one of these now?
2 iPad 2 Furious #iPad2movies?
Pad 2 the Future
Ipad Robot 2
iPad 2 Tha Streetz
iPad 2: Electric Boogaloo
I’m writing this on Ipad 1 and it sucks, why would I buy an Ipad 2?
Well sure, the original iPad was like a toy computer with no keyboard, ports, or useful software, but this is the IPAD 2.
You’re right apple, the dog days ARE over! That product we made last year SUCKKED. (seriously though, it did.) I can’t wait for this to be laughably old technology.
i’d make some black swan jokes about the ipad redesign, but honestly i’m so tired you guys. i’m just gonna lay down for a second. just give me like 3 minutes. i’ll catch up with you later.
“They say the iPad 2 is thinner and lighter than the original. When’s Steve Jobs gonna start working on a 2nd generation of me? (I hope to live forever.)” – Jay Leno
You!
“Did you hear about the latest gizmo from Apple? This new iPad is supposed to be more versatile, stronger, and longer lasting than the last one. I wonder if Apple can do the same thing for my sex life!”
#predictingjaylenojokes
Better!
“Much like my massive collection of expensive cars, the iPad 2 is a item designed solely for conspicuous consumption and display of class status by the nouveau riche!” #marxistleno
The most succinct comment about it I have seen: “If someone gave me an Ipad for free, I would sell it.” Yep. Just have no need for this, even if it is neato.
The new case uses magnets. HOW DO THEY WORK? #oldmemes
I just hope no scientist tries to explain it to me.
I just hope this doesn’t mean that my old iPad is going to stop working properly. I use the shit out of that thing.
Yeah i love my iPad. I thought all the “just a giant iPhone” folks went away a year ago.
Gabe can expense an iPad for “work” if this thread reaches a BILLION COMMENTS!
“iPad 2 announced today. It’s 4x better than 1st, but Apple’s replacing it w/ iPad 1 again in 7 months for no reason.” #predictingJayLenojokes (http://bit.ly/f2R8Kn)
Gabe quote: “(did you see how he threatened to chop his son’s head off and send it to his mother in the mail?)”
I read that as a threat to his ex-wife to chop HER head off and send it to HER mom, no? (Which would obviously be fine because it’s not a kid’s head… I think we all agree chopping off a KID’S head is crossing the line.)
Yeah, he was definitely talking about his estranged wife’s head (and mom), which, you know, sure sign of stability!
It’s called an iPad 2, Indy…
I am in love with this. Hipster Indy wins.
Wait, so you mean to tell me Gabe DOESN’T already own a company-provided-strictly-for-business ipad??
Seriously? He needs one. What if his genius strikes him in the middle of a new york city subway ride?! Always be having an ipad!
Guys, I was working on an elaborate Paula Deen riding an iPad 2 thingy, but then I closed it without saving by accident and now I am crying.
i bet it would have been winning, fozzy. wow, no CS pun intended, yet..
This whole promo comes across as extremely sarcastic.
The old ipad was black and had some fat, the new one is white and skinnier. There’s a joke to be made here but I don’t know if I can see it.
I know I’m supposed to make some sort of witty joke here and pretend I’m not typing on my macbook pro, but as a designerd I have to say that the front cover is genius.
(also, the reason I have a macbook pro is because I’m a design student. I think they’re pretty unnecessary for anyone outside of creative fields)
Agreed! Nothing says “genius” like mid-grade vinyl, cardboard and velour! It’s like one of those binders you had in high school, only $40 instead of $2. And minus the Power Rangers on the cover…
“Please Mr. Steve, can we get some water and stale bread…?” http://twitpic.com/45kx1z
p.s. LULZ to Creative Professionals doing design work on a tiny, glossy Macbook Pro screen with poor viewing angles and colour gamut!
It used to be that to be called a genius, you had to invent a number! Now all you have to do is put a cover on an ipad.
(That joke belongs to Louis CK, and, yes, he’s suing me for using it.)
I love the passive aggressive pass: “Give it a try, you will find someone you like there… @i am here… please… I’m so lonely…”
Except it didn’t revolutionize anything? And also I don’t think you’ve changed it all that much? #itwillneverrunflashgum #can’twatchsixminutesofthisgum
It revolutionized the way you hold your computer!
Guys, we are living in a post-PC world. FYI.
ALSO: My android phone does ALL those things (except maybe video editing, i don’t know, i don’t know if there is or is not in fact an app for that) plus it plays flash and it fits in my pocket AND it makes phone calls
I don’t mean to be an android fanboy, i could really care less we’re all going to die very very soon…. I think the point is that if they create smooth looking advertising TELLING you that they made a keyboardless computer that is less powerful than a regular computer but maybe as powerful as a much smaller competing phone… and they say that it is a game-changer, then it must be true. If your own advertising admits to you being brilliant, you must be brilliant.
Chuck D said it right when he said don’t believe the hype. Was that Chuck D? Or Maya Angelou?