how the Ipad Was Born

[JAHGoVeg]

Story of how the ipad was born its hilarious you have to read it all the way through. its from
http://mylaughingblog.com/2010/05/ipad-of-mishaps/

AN astonishing new product called the iPad is popping up at shops all over the world, ­including on the street outside my office. What does it do? I don’t know. How did it come to exist? That I can reveal. It all started with this scene at the headquarters of ­Apple Computers 18 months ago.

Two engineers are working on a MacBook laptop. Thud!

First engineer: “Oh no. The keyboard just fell off.”
Second engineer: “I got some glue somewhere.”
First engineer: “It would be just my bad luck if the door opened and Steve walked in right now.”
The door opens and their boss Steve Jobs walks in.
Steve: “So, what do you have there, guys? I hope it’s something cool and revolutionary.”
First engineer: “Er, yes, boss. It’s the first, er, keyboard-free ­laptop.”
Steve: “Interesting! But how do you type on it? You know ­everyone hates pressing ­on-screen keys.”
Second engineer: “Er, you buy a keyboard separately.”
Steve: “Sweet! I’m giving you two a pay rise and upgrading you to the monitor department.”


Two weeks later …

First engineer: “Oh no.”
Second engineer: “What’s wrong?”
First engineer: “I fed the wrong coordinates into the ­computer-aided design programme. This flat-screen monitor has come out ludicrously small. It would be just my bad luck if Steve walked in right now.”
The door opens and Steve walks in.
Steve: “What have you got there, guys? I hope it’s ­something cool and ­revolutionary.”
First engineer: “Er, yes, boss. It’s a new, portable flat screen TV.”
Steve: “But isn’t it too small for a family to watch movies on?”
Second engineer: “Everyone else has big flat screen TVs, but ours is deliberately too small. That’s the cool part.”
Steve: “Sweet! I’m giving you two a pay rise and upgrading you to the iPod department.”

Two weeks later …
First engineer: “Blast it.”
Second engineer: “What’s wrong?”
First engineer: “I was ­trying to make a new iPod Touch and forgot to change inches to ­centimetres in the computer-aided design programme. The thing has come out ­embarrassingly oversized. It would be just my bad luck if …”

Steve walks in.
Steve: “What have you got there, guys? I hope it’s something cool and ­revolutionary.”
First engineer: “It’s a giant iPod Touch.”
Steve: “How do you get it in your pocket?”
Second engineer: “You can’t. You have to lug it around with your hands or in a bag. That’s the cool thing about it.”
Steve: “Sweet! I’m giving you two a pay rise and ­upgrading you to the iPhone ­department.”

Two weeks later …
Second engineer: “Steve’s coming. Have we got anything to show him?”
First engineer: “Let’s just show him these leftovers from our previous assignments.”

Steve walks in.

Steve: “What have you got there, guys? I hope it’s something revolutionary.”
Second engineer: “Yeah, it’s a giant iPhone which is too big to hold up to your ear, so you can’t make calls on it. It doubles as a laptop with the keyboard broken off. At the same time, it’s an iPod Touch which you can’t fit into your pocket, and a flat screen TV that’s too small for the ­family to watch movies on.”
Steve: “Sweet!”


And so the IPad was born.
F U Apple

[Guest]

Haha very nice story. The iPad is a complete joke and waste of time. I JUST found out the other day when I was in a best buy playin with one that with some (maybe most) of the apps, these damn apple people were just TOO LAZY to actually make the app fit the screen! INSTEAD, they just ZOOM IN!!! How incompetent can you really be. Come on

[Hot Trout]

LOL good explanation for the birth of iPad.

[crustyasp46]

Microsoft and Apple must be close cousins