“The iPad is our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price”. No prizes for guessing that these are the words of Steve Jobs. He also added during his speech at the launch of the device, “We’ve wondered for years as well — in order to create that category, they have to be far better at doing some key tasks… better than the laptop, better than the smartphone“. He followed up that with, “Now, some people thought that was a netbook — the problem is that netbooks aren’t better than anything!“  Yay, what gem of prejudiced insight can we expect next? As always, he kept on praising Apple and its products. Someone needs to tell him that  calling your own creations “magical, revolutionary, ground-breaking, phenomenal, extraordinary, unbelievable” each and every time makes you sound ridiculously cheap.  Not to mention the repetition of super annoying lines like “It’s that simple… it just works… right out of the box“. I wonder why he can’t just unveil the product and let people judge it. Since most tech bloggers are paid off by Apple anyway, I see no reason for Steve to loudly push his products like a hawker.
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