I thought it would be interesting to see what the highest rated/voted reaction comments were about the iPad after its launch. I grabbed the top comments from the top front page stories on digg, reddit, and news.yc
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Eight7: "Looks like basically an oversized iPod touch so far..." (788 diggs)
darkchild82: "Anyone else kinda disappointed with its near-square shape as supposed to a more wide-screen format? Edit: Also... anyone else think the name "iPad" is a tad too feminine?" (709 diggs)
madmatter23: "Seriously? The iPad? For anyone living in Boston, there won't be much of a difference between this and the "iPaaahd" (iPod)." (561 diggs)
bigsheldy: "2001 called, they want their tablet PC back." (495 diggs)
Forlack: "iPad = Large iPhone" (415 diggs)
Frankeh: Just yesterday I was looking at my iPhone thinking "Hmmm, I wish this thing didn't fit in my pocket." Then I looked over to my netbook and couldn't help but feel it would benefit from losing the keyboard and being made of 50% glass. F
nally apple gives me what I wish." (522 points)
Ineedmorelemons: "Anyone else not impressed yet?" (413 points)
rincew1nd: "
"Netbooks are just cheap laptops!" - Steve Jobs;
The iPad is an EXPENSIVE netbook!" - The internet" (277 points)
junkit33: "
My netbook weighs only 2 pounds, has the same screen size, and gives me a full keyboard. Plus it's a full blown OS that lets me do just about anything I want with it, including such basics as flash. Oh and it cost half the price. All you're getting with the iPad is a neutered computer and you're saving a half pound of weight. I
'm generally a fan of Apple, and I love my iphone, but they screwed the pooch on the iPad badly IMO." (215 points)
doctor_ship: "
What this device does is extraordinary. You can browse the web with it.
That's revolutionary." (201 points)
coffeemug: My dad, mom, grandma, and grandpa can watch videos, look at photos of their kids/grandkids, send e-mails to their relatives oversees, and read their favorite books on it, all without the need for a "computer-savvy guy" who has to teach them how it works, and fix it when it's broken. In other words, it's a logical conclusion of the personal computer revolution. I understand you need to run your Ruby scripts, but this product was designed for the 99% of the people in this country instead. You're not the target audience." (59 points)
zacharypinter: "Here we have a device that doesn't support USB thumbdrives, doesn't support dropbox (at least system-wide, I assume the dropbox iphone app would work), is unable to run ruby or any of my other dev scripts/tools, cannot install firefox or firefox plugins, etc. I do not want to see computing head this direction." (45 points).
RyanMcGreal: "No keyboard. Less space than a netbook. Lame." (35 points)
vitobcn: "After seeing the iPad, I wonder if the JooJoo (CrunchPad) will even make it to the market." (25 points)
timcederman: "I am surprised that many of the comments so far are the equivalent of 'No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.' I'm excited at the very distinct deviation this is taking from the keyboard/mouse/monitor paradigm in something other than a strictly portable device. I think the OS looks pretty damn good and I can't wait to try using one myself." (20 points)
The point totals are already old of course. Incidentally, I originally envisioned more sites for this post, and less comments per site, but I couldn't find any others!
I couldn't find a way to get the top comments out of Facebook. Tweetmeme retweets were all links and contests. In Newspaper/blog comments, it was not clear which comments were highest rated. Disqus/IntenseDebate didn't seem to aggregate anywhere. And Mixx/Buzz/other social news sites don't seem to have enough traffic to be useful. Did I miss anything?
Finally, I'm still planning on getting an iPad. My use case has been confirmed.
