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0 pointsmarrone122mo ago0 comments

I remember sitting on my friend's couch drinking beer when they announced the iPad and debating if it was ever going to be popular. Time marches on.

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mercutio22mo ago

I was working at Apple and wondering the same thing ;)

Turns out people like them. Not so much the HN crowd, but c’est la vie.

pants22mo ago

I remember the total uproar about the name! Everyone said it was too close to a Feminine hygiene product, or too close to iPod. Nobody's complaining any more.

OJFord2mo ago

It is too close to iPod imo, but they killed that line around the same time.

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