Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

• Muslim boy threw a stone in Bradford, got 5 years. This sick monster battered and raped 2 young girls and got 5 years. http://bit.ly/aRfhCA #
• Simon Heaton, when you get out, I hope you will receive mob justice. Slow, brutal mob justice. http://bit.ly/aRfhCA #
• Airline passengers have 'no right' to refuse naked body scanners. http://bit.ly/a4mcWU While you were out: Fascism arrived #
• Hyperventilating and rocking compulsively in anticipation of the Apple Slate "announcement" in an hour. #
• Last time I felt this excited was just before England played Germany in the semi-finals of Euro '96. #apple #tablet #
• @sangamgupta It will be better than good. I'm confident of that. It will change the game. in reply to sangamgupta #
• Come on Apple, I'm begging you to let me give you my money for a device you've never admitted the existence of! #
• Picture of the stage at the Apple event http://bit.ly/ar8jP1 #
• My freakin' Internet went down for a minute. Don't mess with me today O2! #
• Tablet! GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #
• I now have 3G backup in case my broadband goes down. 1 minute to go. Get ready! #tablet #
• ZOMG I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #
• YAY STEVE! #
• ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG DON'T DO THIS TO ME STEVE I NEED MY TABLET NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #
• Steve, I don't care about the Stores or the iPhone or how many you've sold. I've bought it already. I'm there. Just gimme my freakin tablet! #
• "So let's get to the main event" says Steve. ABOUT FREAKIN TIME MY MAN! WE WILL BUYZ TABLET! YOU SELL ME NOW! #
• "The last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it" WSJ – Genius! #
• SHOW US THE PICTURE ALREADY!!!!! #
• YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!! GIVE IT TO ME STEVE! YEAH!!!!!!! THAT'S MY TABLET! GIMME GIMME GIMME! YOU DA MAN! #
• iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad iPad #
• I'm in love! #
• OK, so it sounds like a feminine hygiene product. I still want it. We got used to "Wii" didn't we? #tablet #
• The #iPad display is I believe 960×640. It has an Apple CPU, called the A4, running at 1GHz and handles HDish video. #
• I like the third party apps. The big screen really lets the new UI breathe. #iPad #
• That #iPad display looks magnificent. It makes total sense to adapt the iPhone interface instead of the Mac interface. Very natural. #
• I guess this is what it must feel like to come down from crack. #iPad #
• iBooks looks nice, but I think I'll stick to my Sony PRS – much better display for reading. #
• iWork on the #iPad looks impressive and appropriate. #
• #iPad looks too big to type on if you hold it in portrait mode. Too flat an angle if you type in landscape on your lap. #
• Steve is back. Let's see if he has any more surprises for us. There has to be more… #iPad #
• The #iPad syncs over USB, just like an iPhone or iPod. The iWork apps are just $10 each on the App Store. #
• The #iPad is going to have an unlimited data plan on the 3G models at $30 a month. That's steep. Very steep. #
• #iPad 3G deal is $15 per month for up to 250MB and $30 per month unlimited. With AT&T – US customers will not be happy. #
• #iPad 3G models are unlocked – international data deals by June. Uses new GSM micro SIMs. #
• Come on Steve, how much is the damn thing? #iPad #
• Come on Steve, say $399 #iPad #
• The #iPad is priced at $499 – my guess is the 3G one will be a fair bit more. That's steep. #
• The pundits who were talking about $999 were out of their heads. Who'd pay that for a pretty netbook? #
• #iPad – keyboard dock – nice. $499 for base model. Add $100 for 32GB version, add $130 for 3G – not cheap. #
• #iPad WiFi models ship end of March at $499. If they do the UK pricing right, then £320 wouldn't be bad at all. I'd buy one. #
• This time, the knives will be out. Ives says the iPad is a magical device. I beg to differ. #
• @phogasmic The whole will be greater than the sum of its parts, but there are zero surprises. in reply to phogasmic #
• Watching the #iPad video at the Apple site. Tomorrow morning I place my deposit. It's simply beautiful. #
• iPad display resolution is actually 1024×768 #
• @phogasmic I paid about $299 for my Sony e-reader, but it's a totally different device. I'll want both. As long as they price it at <£350 UK in reply to phogasmic #
• @phogasmic I never agreed with the pundits on the $999 – that was absurd. It had to be priced like a netbook. It could become ubiquitous! in reply to phogasmic #
• @t_akhtar It's 1024×768 in reply to t_akhtar #
• @sangamgupta Seriously, I can live without it. in reply to sangamgupta #
• In the Twitter age, with an event like the iPad launch, I imagine the whole world talking and nobody listening. So thanks to those who did! #
• Bottom line with the iPad? I predict its ubiquity within two years. It changes the game. It changes everything. #
• No multi-tasking and large screen means more heavyweight and mutli-function apps on the iPad. #
• @indigojo_uk No, it's not crap. Let's see in two years. Consumers don't need multi-tasking. Geeks like us do. That's why we have computers. in reply to indigojo_uk #
• @indigojo_uk "no proper computer" is the "no real Scotsman" argument. 10s of millions of iPhone owners are very happy. We'll love the iPad. in reply to indigojo_uk #
• @indigojo_uk It certainly does a hell of a lot more than that. Watch the video at the Apple site bro. in reply to indigojo_uk #
• @indigojo_uk Yes it can. The iPhone can do that actually. Multi-tasking is limited to certain key apps like iPod player and email. in reply to indigojo_uk #
• Trying very hard to be terrified by a small lady wearing a niqab on the bus like I'm supposed to, but I just can't. I must be bad. #
• Is there really nobody else who objects to mandatory strip search at airports? http://bit.ly/a4mcWU #
• I hope that when Apple announce the UK price of the iPad that the "unbelievable" won't mean "unbelievably expensive" #

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