It took me a solid day to digest, but after just about 24 hours after Steve Jobs announced the (Gawd) iPad, I have one response.

Just what in the hell was Apple thinking?

Very Nice!  Via Engadget
Bought the Curve a few months back.  First Blackberry after passing on the iPhone.  Looked at the first Storm but wasn’t impressed, and it had few “kinks”.
Might get an early upgrade though if the second version irons them out.
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There is only one music player – the iPod, all others are pretenders. This is why.
“A leap-year issue with Microsoft’s Zune music player is still leaving many users cold, despite the company’s reassurance that all would be well by sometime on New Year’s Day.
Postings on Zune message boards Thursday morning, as people tried out Microsoft’s recommendations and fellow Zune users’ suggestions, ranged from the hopeful…
“The wipe process should only take a minute or two. If it is hanging on this screen, disconnect it from power, let the battery drain, …

Frankly, can’t see the use of this unless it is tablet styled computer, otherwise it’s a Newton.
“We’ve got this from three independent sources close to Apple: expect a large screen iPod touch device to be released in the Fall of ‘09, with a 7 or 9 inch screen. Prototypes have been seen and handled by one of our sources, and Apple is talking to OEMs in Asia now about mass production.
Apple has been experimenting internally with large form tablet devices for years, one source says, but there was concern that …

For all of the wait and suspense, an anticlimax!
“It took a while, but Wal-Mart has finally gotten around to confirming what we’ve all known for over a month now: the iPhone 3G will be sold at Wal-Mart beginning this Sunday. Thanks to the Wal-Mart deal, Apple now has a direct avenue into a host of new markets thanks to stock on its way to more than 2,500 Wal-Mart locations along with 69 Sam’s Club locations. It this big news? Of course it is – but the real news will surely …