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So all this hype last week when steve jobs announced the IPAD. (hint, you can find out this stuff long before public knows if you keep an eye on the patent office site)

The tablet isn't something new. Around 5 years ago ago Microsoft tried to push the tablet PC into the market with bill gates visioning a tablet PC for every student in school. The problem was it was way too heavy, bulky and pricey. it didnt catch up. compared to laptops only a very few tablets are sold. still tablet PCs are in production getting more lighter and cheaper but still not catching up.

Then there is WACOM. they produce graphics tablets with their most famous is the graphire and the bamboo series lately. however their market is a very niche market. famous amoung designers and the advertising industry. wacom is very successful. brand wise, if you're a designer. a wacom IS the tool to have.

The new ipad is very sleek. much better than bill gates version. however. I personally see this isnt going to catch the market. somehow i feel this early release is a way of trying to put the ipad on the iphone hype before it dies down. before the iphone was released, Steve Balmer bitched alot about how the iphone was going to be a flop. but it wasnt a flop. it was in a way, it can't compete with the business level smart phones. rather it ended up being used my middle level employees for entertainment.

in one way Ipad would be a direct competitor for the netbook and low end laptops. it's around the same price, same specs and its APPLE. just it doesn't have a keyboard. soon enough apple will introduce a keyboard for this (or make the ipad keyboard compatible) is they haven't already

In a nutshell the ipad isnt going to be something you will see people use when they're on the move. not in the train, or while walking around the city. its too ....big. rather will see ppl use it at places like starbucks as laptops. why??? because ideally people dont want to share content that is personal to them. iphones are good for this coz the screen is small enough to watch by yourself in public without someone peeping over.

books have been around way too long to be replaced the way steve jobs prophecizes. they watch very personalized content over the internet. so they'll want to see it with with some level of privacy, which the iphone is better at

Lets talk about God

this happens every darn time.

someone takes a part of islam and mis-uses it, makes fun of it or distorts it.
all the muslim men in listens to the sermon on friday prayer about this and gets all fired up
they react through protests or violence without thinking about the consequences or the image of islam.
The so called civilized world calls this terrorism

This is the pattern. muslims are provoked to react when they feel their religion is being attacked or manipulated. which happens quite often.

Some instances

there were Danish drawings of the prophet with explosives on his turban. of course you get drawings and jokes about christians too. but those are drawn by christians themselves
When George bush started talking abt 'islams axis of evil'. (what does that moron know about islam??)
Even pope bendict made some very provocative statements about the prophet, Islam and jihad in one of his 1st speeches after becoming pope

Many of these are quite deliberate. to enrage muslims

even tho not so religious. and tho i feel its alright for everyone regardless of religion to use the word Allah, It would create confusion. The perception to christians of god compared to the perception of god by muslims is different. as for christians lord=god=father is same and their lord that has son. In islam tho god doesn't have a gender (so we don't refer to as 'he' or 'father') and god doesn't have a son.

We can debate on this for ages. the bottom line is people feel strongly about their faith. In every religion peace and tolerance are highly valued traits. So it boils down to when we are in emotional situations like this, are you going to give in on pulse emotions like anger and act upon them. or take a step back and remind yourself about the values your faith holds high.

Think in this situation what would prophet Muhammad (PBUH) have done. would he have organized violent protests?

I don't think so