how the Ipad Was Born
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:00 amStory of how the ipad was born its hilarious you have to read it all the way through. its from
http://mylaughingblog.com/2010/05/ipad-of-mishaps/
AN astonishing new product called the iPad is popping up at shops all over the world, including on the street outside my office. What does it do? I don’t know. How did it come to exist? That I can reveal. It all started with this scene at the headquarters of Apple Computers 18 months ago.
Two engineers are working on a MacBook laptop. Thud!
First engineer: “Oh no. The keyboard just fell off.”
Second engineer: “I got some glue somewhere.”
First engineer: “It would be just my bad luck if the door opened and Steve walked in right now.”
The door opens and their boss Steve Jobs walks in.
Steve: “So, what do you have there, guys? I hope it’s something cool and revolutionary.”
First engineer: “Er, yes, boss. It’s the first, er, keyboard-free laptop.”
Steve: “Interesting! But how do you type on it? You know everyone hates pressing on-screen keys.”
Second engineer: “Er, you buy a keyboard separately.”
Steve: “Sweet! I’m giving you two a pay rise and upgrading you to the monitor department.”
Two weeks later …
First engineer: “Oh no.”
Second engineer: “What’s wrong?”
First engineer: “I fed the wrong coordinates into the computer-aided design programme. This flat-screen monitor has come out ludicrously small. It would be just my bad luck if Steve walked in right now.”
The door opens and Steve walks in.
Steve: “What have you got there, guys? I hope it’s something cool and revolutionary.”
First engineer: “Er, yes, boss. It’s a new, portable flat screen TV.”
Steve: “But isn’t it too small for a family to watch movies on?”
Second engineer: “Everyone else has big flat screen TVs, but ours is deliberately too small. That’s the cool part.”
Steve: “Sweet! I’m giving you two a pay rise and upgrading you to the iPod department.”
Two weeks later …
First engineer: “Blast it.”
Second engineer: “What’s wrong?”
First engineer: “I was trying to make a new iPod Touch and forgot to change inches to centimetres in the computer-aided design programme. The thing has come out embarrassingly oversized. It would be just my bad luck if …”
Steve walks in.
Steve: “What have you got there, guys? I hope it’s something cool and revolutionary.”
First engineer: “It’s a giant iPod Touch.”
Steve: “How do you get it in your pocket?”
Second engineer: “You can’t. You have to lug it around with your hands or in a bag. That’s the cool thing about it.”
Steve: “Sweet! I’m giving you two a pay rise and upgrading you to the iPhone department.”
Two weeks later …
Second engineer: “Steve’s coming. Have we got anything to show him?”
First engineer: “Let’s just show him these leftovers from our previous assignments.”
Steve walks in.
Steve: “What have you got there, guys? I hope it’s something revolutionary.”
Second engineer: “Yeah, it’s a giant iPhone which is too big to hold up to your ear, so you can’t make calls on it. It doubles as a laptop with the keyboard broken off. At the same time, it’s an iPod Touch which you can’t fit into your pocket, and a flat screen TV that’s too small for the family to watch movies on.”
Steve: “Sweet!”
And so the IPad was born.
F U Apple
http://mylaughingblog.com/2010/05/ipad-of-mishaps/
AN astonishing new product called the iPad is popping up at shops all over the world, including on the street outside my office. What does it do? I don’t know. How did it come to exist? That I can reveal. It all started with this scene at the headquarters of Apple Computers 18 months ago.
Two engineers are working on a MacBook laptop. Thud!
First engineer: “Oh no. The keyboard just fell off.”
Second engineer: “I got some glue somewhere.”
First engineer: “It would be just my bad luck if the door opened and Steve walked in right now.”
The door opens and their boss Steve Jobs walks in.
Steve: “So, what do you have there, guys? I hope it’s something cool and revolutionary.”
First engineer: “Er, yes, boss. It’s the first, er, keyboard-free laptop.”
Steve: “Interesting! But how do you type on it? You know everyone hates pressing on-screen keys.”
Second engineer: “Er, you buy a keyboard separately.”
Steve: “Sweet! I’m giving you two a pay rise and upgrading you to the monitor department.”
Two weeks later …
First engineer: “Oh no.”
Second engineer: “What’s wrong?”
First engineer: “I fed the wrong coordinates into the computer-aided design programme. This flat-screen monitor has come out ludicrously small. It would be just my bad luck if Steve walked in right now.”
The door opens and Steve walks in.
Steve: “What have you got there, guys? I hope it’s something cool and revolutionary.”
First engineer: “Er, yes, boss. It’s a new, portable flat screen TV.”
Steve: “But isn’t it too small for a family to watch movies on?”
Second engineer: “Everyone else has big flat screen TVs, but ours is deliberately too small. That’s the cool part.”
Steve: “Sweet! I’m giving you two a pay rise and upgrading you to the iPod department.”
Two weeks later …
First engineer: “Blast it.”
Second engineer: “What’s wrong?”
First engineer: “I was trying to make a new iPod Touch and forgot to change inches to centimetres in the computer-aided design programme. The thing has come out embarrassingly oversized. It would be just my bad luck if …”
Steve walks in.
Steve: “What have you got there, guys? I hope it’s something cool and revolutionary.”
First engineer: “It’s a giant iPod Touch.”
Steve: “How do you get it in your pocket?”
Second engineer: “You can’t. You have to lug it around with your hands or in a bag. That’s the cool thing about it.”
Steve: “Sweet! I’m giving you two a pay rise and upgrading you to the iPhone department.”
Two weeks later …
Second engineer: “Steve’s coming. Have we got anything to show him?”
First engineer: “Let’s just show him these leftovers from our previous assignments.”
Steve walks in.
Steve: “What have you got there, guys? I hope it’s something revolutionary.”
Second engineer: “Yeah, it’s a giant iPhone which is too big to hold up to your ear, so you can’t make calls on it. It doubles as a laptop with the keyboard broken off. At the same time, it’s an iPod Touch which you can’t fit into your pocket, and a flat screen TV that’s too small for the family to watch movies on.”
Steve: “Sweet!”
And so the IPad was born.
F U Apple
good explanation for the birth of iPad.