I was gushing all the time as my browser tabs refreshed and guests came in. My dad, who was in the living room, went to where I was and asked what's the fuss. Apparently, I was making too many ooohs and aaahs that the guests might think I'm deranged for the night.
"Apple is unveiling a new product today and I'm reading it live," I told my dad to defend my honour. He asked in return, "Really? What is it?"
I told him that it's Apple's new tablet device then showed him the pictures.
"It's like our iPhones," my dad said, "in the size of the letter-sized paper by the looks of it."
That statement woke me up and brought me back to reality. I already have an iPhone so there's no need for the recently converted fanboy in me to gush over this nifty thing. Sure, the iPad is nice to have, but it's not a need-to-have-right-now device. There are a lot of things that my netbook can do that the iPad can't upon seeing its features. (Not to mention that it costs way less than the bottom of the line iPad.) It has potential, for sure, to grow on people (especially to haters) since it's just the first version of the device. The functionalities will add up soon and probably the fugly form factor will be altered too in its next life. I'll hold out my money for the second (or third) version of the iPad. Right now, the Apple fanboy in me won't be a blind one.
The only thing that I'm excited about is the keyboard dock for the iPad. I am fervently praying that it will also work with the iPhone. If it does not, I hope they (or some other company) will make a portable one for the iPhone, just like Palm's. (I miss the glory days of lugging my PDA and its keyboard to the halls of our library and typing away related literature for my thesis. Well, in my defense, I type faster than I write longhand.)
