Even as people were queuing up to buy the device, critics were dancing on its grave
AAPLinvestors‘ Terry Gregory, a longtime Apple (AAPL) stockholder, likes to collect what he believes to be misguided quotes about the company’s products.
His site hosts a fascinating list of early Macintosh reviews and what may be the definitive collection of dumb iPhone quotes.
In that spirit, he started a “death watch” collection for the iPad in January, after Steve Jobs unveiled his latest creation. We published a sample in March, before the April 3 launch.
But the fun hasn’t stopped. On the suggestion of reader FalKirk, here are some of the things the critics have been saying since then:
Alex Cook, Frontier Outlook, 3 April 2010:
“I don’t get it. It costs $500 for the basic model, when you could get a laptop with a lot more functionality for about the same price… I don’t buy the iPad hype. Analyst expectations for iPad revenue are way overblown. If I turn out to be wrong, I’ll gladly eat my words, but I’m pretty sure that I’m not wrong. ”
Paul Thurrott, Paul Thurrott’s Supersite for Windows, 5 April 2010:
“Anyone who believes this thing is a game changer is a tool.”
Reggie Fils-Aime, President, Nintendo of America, 7 April 2010:
“If our games represent a range between snacks of entertainment and full meals depending on the type of game, [Apple’s] aren’t even a mouthful.”
Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, 9 April 2010:
“In short, I don’t get the ‘magical and revolutionary’ vibe that Apple chief executive Steve Jobs touted at the iPad’s January unveiling.”
Josh Belzman, MSNBC.com, 20 May 2010:
“The iPad is useless. Beautiful, but useless.”
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