I have an idea what it is, but I probably won't want it.

A little more than a year ago I wrote a post entitled: I have no idea what it is, but I will probably want it. The subject was the yet-to-be-announced iPad and, as I expected, I did want it, I did get it, and it has been a constant companion ever since.

In spite of the doom and gloom merchants (Hi Lloyd!), it has not broken down, I have not become bored with it; and I can’t imagine a civilised life without a tablet close to hand.

And tonight, or today, or tomorrow, depending on your location; Apple with announce iPad 2. It will be thinner, lighter, faster and sport probably two cameras. One movie camera will point at the user so he or she can wave their genitals at other users; and there will also be a stills camera on the back so you can take photos of your genitals to mail to other people; although why you would want to use a slab as a camera is not clear (or why you would want to mail photos of your genitals).

And I don’t think I want it. Thinner, lighter faster would be good. Some more memory would be appreciated as I am constantly banging up against my 16GB limit. But you can keep the cameras, I have enough of those already and nobody shows any interest in seeing my genitals. The only benefit in a new iPad would be the chance to palm the old one off to she who must be obeyed who makes the occasional noise about wishing she had her own iPad; but I am masterful at ignoring her occasional noises.

So there you are; I am actually resisting an upgrade; although once I see the specs I might change my mind, especially if it caters for even better games.

For I do spent too many hours playing games on the iPad. How many people do you know that have garnered three stars on all the puzzles, and collected all the golden eggs on Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons? Must be some saddo with no life who has spent dozens of hours throwing birds at pigs. That would be me.

Then there was Trainyard. The more difficult puzzles were really difficult; mind-bending enterprises requiring days of concentration. As I neared the end I contacted Camberley who shares a similar passion for complex challenges. He is blessed with a brain like a planet, so finishing the game before he did would be most satisfying. How was he doing? Turned out he had only puzzle left to complete compared to my six. Of course I turned to the puzzle he was stuck on and trumpeted my success in completing it after many hours of effort. Now all I had to do was complete the remainder of the game before he solved his last puzzle.

A week of intense effort and I was done, with no announcement from Camberley. I smugly sent him a mail with a screenprint of the completed game. He immediately sent me a mail he had sent himself four days earlier, with the same screen. Bastard.

Comments 🔗

2011-03-02 | Camberley says

Your are most flattering, but the fact remains I just can’t kill those bloody pigs.

2011-03-03 | MSB says

The new iPad…… don’t you just love all this great new Taiwanese technology….

2011-03-03 | Spike says

Not forgetting the Chinese who build it.

2011-03-03 | Pete says

You just can’t seem to forget Lloyd although I haven’t seen any comments from him in a very long while. I guess though he is having the last laugh though as he obviously stirred you up enough to keep banging on, if you look at last fridays Bangkok Post in the technology section you will see an article on a “lloyd from Phuket” who had just sold his private shares in Sanook.com to Baidu for a cool 110 million baht. Now thats a lot of laughing at you in anyones book!

2011-03-04 | Spafefruit says

Methinks the lady doth protest….. I would lay money that Mr Spike gets a new one and hands down his old one to the young one. Frankly I dont understand the hesitation. I have been waiting for a device that can show things actual size. Even if only on the diagonal. Oh, and by the way, just bought another lens. Theres a surprise.

2011-03-04 | Spike says

You do realise that the new iPad has the same resolution as the old iPad…? Anyway, I won’t tell your wife if you don’t; you definitely need one.

2011-03-04 | Pete says

I have no recollection of writing this comment, and as I didn’t read last Friday’s Bangkok Post, and have no idea who Baidu is, it most likely wasn’t me. That means there seems to be another ‘Pete’ commenting on PattayaDays now. How should we differentiate?

2011-03-04 | Spike says

You are the good looking one?

Get a Gravatar then we will know it is you.

http://en.gravatar.com/

2011-03-04 | Pete says

Been there. Done that. It doesn’t seem to be working.

2011-03-04 | Spike says

It is, if your gravatar is a sunset!

2011-03-04 | The Ghost says

I’ll be in the states in 6 weeks if you want me to get you one.

2011-03-04 | Pete says

The interwebs are obviously slow. There was no picture there when I last looked. It might be a sunrise though ……

2011-03-05 | Spike says

Thanks for the tempting offer.

2011-03-05 | The Ghost says

I’m sure it will gnaw at you until I depart, by which time you’ll be sure to want one. Kinda like the Cinema Display, which I notice is still not in your new computer room.

2011-03-05 | Spike says

Not so. I have had a 24" Cinema display for some time and very smart it is too; plus a crappy Samsung sat beside it to hold menus etc. A 27’’ is too much for me as part of a two monitor solution. But keep gnawing on the iPad, then I can blame you.