Internet virals take a bite out of Apple's new iPad amid widespread disappointment
You cannot be serious! Internet virals take a bite out of Apple's new iPad amid widespread disappointment
Apple say the iPad is a 'magic and revolutionary' product but already the device is being ridiculed by bloggers and industry insiders.
Company chief Steve Jobs launched the iPad amid great hype on Wednesday and claimed the device would plug the gap between laptops and mobiles.
But, alarmingly for the company which has always been the darling of the 'geek' community, the sentiment on the web was distinctly underwhelmed and immediately sparked a wave of ridicule.
There was disappointment that the iPad, available in Britain in March, had failed to live up the hype.
Bloggers have been quick to poke fun at the 'revolutionary' iPad, saying it looks similar to an oversized iPhone
A spoof of the Apple website shows an alternative name for the iPad
One viral It shows a typical Apple checklist, comparing the iPad to a piece of Blu-Tack. iPad has a ticked box for 'iTunes store' but only the Blu-Tack has a tick for 'Multitask capability'.
Nintendo's president, Satoru Iwata, was also keen to get in on the iPad-bashing bandwagon. He said the new device delivered 'no surprises.'
'It was a bigger iPod Touch,' he told journalists in Tokyo.
There has also been hilarity over the unfortunate link between 'iPad' and the common name for feminine hygiene products and many bloggers have been quick to trade time-of-the-month iPad jokes.
