I Want You, Useless iPad

treehugger.com 07 Mar '12, 9pm

I Want You, Useless iPad

Josh Semans via Flickr /CC BY 2.0 I want an iPad. I have kind of sort of wanted one since Steve Jobs first foisted the rectangular non-laptop, non-smartphone 'tablet' straight through the walls of that cavernous exhibition room, packed with giddy execs and tech writers, and into the internet ether, its coming heralded by even giddier bloggers and tweeters and status updaters. Steve Jobs looked like a Hollywood actor playing the role of a hammy God in a B-movie. The 'tablet' he waved above his head was a runestone from the future, a religious artifact unearthed from a forthcoming society made benevolent by Bill and Ted and their Wyld Stallyns. Millions of people bought it, and then bought the new one that was the same but made the old one suck. I see it on coffee shop counters, loaded up with e-books, on airplanes. Mostly, I see people playing Angry Birds. And now there is ...

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@finewinedine » 08 Mar '12, 5pm
I want you, useless iPad [link] #AppleInc #Consumerism #conspicuousconsumption
@lesssmore » 08 Mar '12, 4pm
Yes, I do. But, I don't. However, I might. [link]
@thgreenmusician » 08 Mar '12, 4pm
I Want You, Useless iPad : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger Oh how this is me :P
@bcmerchant » 08 Mar '12, 4pm
Cheers, Pau! RT @paualvarado: *Excellent* article by @bcmerchant - I Want You, Useless iPad [link]
@SlimBanks » 08 Mar '12, 3pm
I Want You, Useless iPad : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger. I want one in the worst way too!
@yinnypoo » 08 Mar '12, 3pm
#truth RT @JaymiHeimbuch I Want You, Useless iPad [link] Great post on wanting.. but not wanting.. not wanting the new iPad HD
@TreeHugger » 08 Mar '12, 3pm
RT @JaymiHeimbuch: I Want You, Useless iPad [link] Great post on wanting but not wanting but wanting but not wanting the new iPad HD
@JaymiHeimbuch » 08 Mar '12, 3pm
I Want You, Useless iPad [link] Great post on wanting but not wanting but wanting but not wanting the new iPad HD
@FrankJOswald » 08 Mar '12, 10am
Apple's new iPad is a banana slicer. [link]
@BCSRetail » 08 Mar '12, 10am
iPad: The epitome of the created want, a consumer product that fulfills no function a laptop/smartphone cannot [link] #retail
@maicorner » 08 Mar '12, 8am
esce il nuovo iPad [link]
@ChrisHarris_SSE » 08 Mar '12, 8am
“@sustainablesid: I Want You, Useless iPad [link]”>> I agree!
@sequoia2001 » 08 Mar '12, 3am
RT @JorgeStolfi: Almost, but not quite, more useful than a banana slicer: [link] [sorry, lost the ref]
@SPLENDIDPROJECT » 07 Mar '12, 11pm
[Tree Hugger] I Want You, Useless iPad: The iPad is the epitome of the created want: A consumer pr... [link] #Environment
@kalexandridi » 07 Mar '12, 11pm
My thoughts exactly... I Want You, Useless iPad : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
@JorgeStolfi » 07 Mar '12, 11pm
Almost, but not quite, more useful than a banana slicer: [link] [sorry, lost the ref]
@paualvarado » 07 Mar '12, 10pm
*Excellent* article by @bcmerchant - I Want You, Useless iPad [link]
@3GsRecycling » 07 Mar '12, 10pm
3Gshares I Want You, Useless iPad: The iPad is the most widely-hyped useless products on the market and I want one. [link]
@spackmanstephen » 07 Mar '12, 10pm
This article is a must read. Hits the nail on the head. BEWARE #iPad "fanboys" this is NOT for you. [link]
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@aramis2377 » 07 Mar '12, 9pm
IPads are utterly useless, and that's the secret to Apple's success. [link] via @TreeHugger
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@HairyTheHobbit » 07 Mar '12, 9pm
TREEHUGGER: I Want You, Useless iPad: The iPad is the most widely-hyped useless product on the market and I want one. [link]
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@HerbalistaMD » 07 Mar '12, 9pm
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I Want You, Useless iPad [link]