tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:46:55 +0000...following the Pad revolution.http://www.jesustablet.com/noreply@blogger.com (the_follower)Blogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-5923556724838537041Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:03:00 +00002010-03-07T08:07:10.795-08:00Stop calling them tablets.  Tablet is a failed word when it comes to computers in form factors similar to the iPad.  As we have pointed out at length, iPad was the right name (and who would argue with Apple when it comes to branding and marketing).  The industry should and will embrace the word "pad" and slowly tablet will become obsolete - if it isn't already.  Tablet is dead man walking.  Some http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/03/emergence-of-pad-computing-economy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-7883682150741087612Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:19:00 +00002010-03-07T08:09:59.055-08:00With Steve Jobs' announcement last week that Apple would use its $40B stockpile of cash not for stock buybacks or dividends, but instead for "big, bold" moves, it's time for the Jesus Tablet to make a big, bold prediction about what it might do with that cash. To set the table, here is what Steve Jobs said: "When we think about big, bold things, we know that if we needed to acquire something, a http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/03/bold-moves-calls-for-bold-predictions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-8244233171228168394Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:55:00 +00002010-01-27T20:35:38.296-08:00No celebs.  No "one more thing".  Not a lot of fireworks.  No real drama. Given all the hype, our dream scenario turned out to be exactly that.  It appears that the marketing team at Apple wanted today to be about making tablets acceptable.  In fact, earlier this week we coined the term "tablet inertia", and identified it as the number one marketing challenge for Apple. 1. Overcome tablet http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/tablet-inertia-and-grades-incomplete.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-8935417900137658263Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:05:00 +00002010-01-27T13:03:04.992-08:00Yes, we called it - iPad it is.  (Quickly pats himself on the back and gets back to work...)  And thanks to everyone who voted in our tablet naming poll - over 1600 votes! And because we have smart readers, iPad won in a landslide with 45% of the vote. As you recall, the Jesus Tablet was the first to report that Apple had trademarked the iPad name, and that it will be in talks with Fujitsu (who http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/whats-in-name-ipad-and-enero-6-corp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-4100092318615070569Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:03:00 +00002010-01-27T10:03:20.074-08:00Can Apple live up to the hype?  Can the device change the way we interact with media?  Which platform will be change the most (books, magaizines, tv, movies...)?  We are minutes away from finding out! Is some other guy giving a speech today somewhere on the East Coast? http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/its-showtime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-4640562266008422318Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:35:00 +00002010-01-27T08:19:51.964-08:00McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw blew the cover off the iPad story revealing on CNBC that Apple will announce a tablet device and it will have e-reader capability (surprise)! We'll put our money on the fact that what really happened is that Steve Jobs did Terry McGraw a solid.  The iPad as a textbook reader will be a nice, niche feature.  However, when it comes to the announcement tomorrow, you http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/steve-jobs-throws-terry-mcgraw-bone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-1493384478900067508Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:46:00 +00002010-01-26T14:42:16.968-08:00Steve Jobs’ may be shaman to many, but its his showman side that sets him apart from many successful CEOs.  He knows how to command a room, inspire a crowd and milk the drama out of a presentation.  He relishes it.  He sells it.  Pulling the MacBook Air out of an inter-office envelope.  Whipping the iPod out of his jeans pocket.  Great stuff! The brilliant unveiling of the iPod nano… “You ever http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/how-will-jobs-showman-unveil-ipad-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-495765455533273529Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:30:00 +00002010-01-25T18:17:10.894-08:00When it comes to Apple, product and marketing are like that effortlessly perfect married couple you secretly envy. They make a grand entrance at the party and they glide through the room with confidence and style, yet somehow remain totally approachable.  And even though you really didn’t want to like them (you’d kind of rather be the one that finds the flaw that brings them down a notch), you dohttp://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/will-ipad-avenge-both-newton-and-apple.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-8684566738997769125Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:36:00 +00002010-01-25T12:42:06.790-08:00If the core rumors are true, when Apple introduces their new iPad device Wednesday, they will revolutionize the tablet category.  In fact, they will so change the way we think about tablet-like computers that they will actually create a new category (tablet just won't seem sufficient).  We won't think of the iPad as a tablet, but more of a ‘companion computer'.   It will always be there; always http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/ipad-will-be-worlds-first-companion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-3030419183751190258Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:47:00 +00002010-01-23T17:49:13.222-08:00The Jesus Tablet was first was first to report that Apple had filed for an extension to oppose the Fujitsu trademark for "iPad".  We now have discovered that Apple may be moving ahead anyway. IP Application Development LLC, a company that has filed patents internationally for the "iPad" mark, has now filed an application to trademark “iPad” in the United States as well. The application is dated http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/company-linked-to-apple-files-for-ipad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-2834537659615952780Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:37:00 +00002010-01-21T13:39:48.057-08:00The final Newton handheld/tablet pc in the late '90s was called the MessagePad.   The MessagePad brand, while less widely remembered, carries the Newton heritage without the failure associated with the name Newton.  Even a company as confident as Apple will avoid the Newton brand, but they will embrace the history and innovation they brought to tablets over a decade ago. When launching what http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/ipad-looks-lot-like-his-parents-iphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-839063645999402783Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:48:00 +00002010-01-20T12:58:37.793-08:00As the world awaits the expected January 27th unveiling of Apple's much anticipated Jesus Tablet, one mystery may be solved...the name. Not since Deep Throat brought down a presidency has a name been held in such high secrecy and been the subject of so much media speculation. We think we can put an end to all the hysteria surrounding the name.  iSlate? iPad? iTablet?  Drumroll...and the http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/jesus-tablets-real-namerevealed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476815084743373075.post-5933845071970527728Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:19:00 +00002010-01-21T20:46:18.700-08:00Speculation surrounding the name of Apple's soon to be announced Jesus tablet has reached a fever pitch.  Since it was reported in December that Apple owned the iSlate.com domain, iSlate quickly became the leading candidate. Just this week, MacRumors further reported that Apple has been busy trademarking the name iPad in Canada through a company called Slate Computing LLC, and around the world http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/apples-tablet-and-mysterious-enero-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (the_follower)6