7-Inch iPad Rumored

Stoobalou writes "Rumours of a cut-down Apple iPad are ramping up as Taiwanese news outlet Economic Daily News names names. The often-reliable Chinese language newspaper — which correctly predicted the first coming of the iPad when everyone else on the planet was carping on about a sub-$500 netbook from the Cupertino company — has been digging about in the skips behind a number of Chinese factories and reckons it knows who will be making which bit of the much-predicted iPad 2."

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No way Steve Jobs has 7-inches

[elrous0]

If this is true, though, I predict millions of Apple fans will rush out and buy one before they even know what exactly they'll use it for or what purpose it is actually intended to serve. And anyone who questions the wisdom of this will be immediately dismissed as a "Microsoft conformist" who doesn't understand how Steve is creating a beautiful closed ecosystem that will save us all from the oppression of more open platforms.

Re:No way Steve Jobs has 7-inches

[AnonymousClown]

And anyone who questions the wisdom of this will be immediately dismissed as a "Microsoft conformist" who doesn't understand how Steve is creating a beautiful closed ecosystem that will save us all from the oppression of more open platforms.

No. You're an "Apple Hater". Apparently, you have this irrational belief that Apple consumers are sheep and will buy anything that has an Apple logo on it and pay any price. You will point to the long lines of people who wait through the night and say "See, they're a bunch sheep! WTF are they doing?! It's not like Apple will have a limited run or something. Apple will pump this shit out by the millions and never stop!"

But you're a hater. Face it.

You'll point out all the years on /. where any post critical of Apple was modded down to -1 regardless of the merits of the comment. Why stating that Apple products sold for a premium without any real reason was an automatic "-1 Flamebait" with dozens of comments following explaining your error and if you did a one on one comparison of features Apple wasn't that bad. Pointing out that you had no need for half of the features would be an automatic "-1 Troll" and the obvious responses of "Well Apple isn't right for you!" that would then get modded "+5 Insightful" or "Informative"

Then feeling horribly picked on (rightfully so) you post that Apple stole their UI from Xerox.

The Apple fanbois immediately bring out their Apple branded pitchforks and put on their combat black turtlenecks (AH! Those black turtlenecks are really part of their commando uniform) and before impaling you, inform you that Apple made it workable, beautiful and Holy! Infidel!

Just say'in. Yeah, don't let the high UID fool you folks. I've been around longer than I appear.

Re:iPad

[Anonymous Coward]

and here I thought it was for the low-flow months...

Re:Interesting

[Pojut]

I'd laugh...except the chances of this eventually being true are quite high -_-;;

Re:iPad

[oldmac31310]

It's pretty obvious odies is taking the piss.

Re:If by unimpressed you mean terrified...

[Anonymous Coward]

Pussies eating hamsters. Who'd have thunk?

Re:Interesting

[Dunbal]

We'll pay for that miniaturization technology. ;-)

      Apple users will pay for anything, so long as they can get another little white Apple sticker.