iPad: Wait Times and First Reactions
Saturday, April 3, 2010
The twitterverse is a muck with iPad-related tweets!
Here are some great tweets on wait times, first reactions, and the like.
Wait Times:
- @rustymusty: Success! 1-1/2 hours from back of line to out the door. #ipad #sfapplestore
- @mhstop: Got my iPad this morning,10am after 2 hours in line! Great experience at the store, Apple does cool products sold by nice people.
- @carlosnilefm: waked up at 6 am 2day , 3 hours waiting 5th in line of 250 people infront of apple store 4 the launch of the ipad , Got it weeeeeee
- @jill425: My hubby just cheated on me – he stood in line for 5 hours to score an ipad
- @rainchavez: Waited in line for 7 hours at the apple store. Then wife walks into BestBuy Round Rock and gets it in 20mins. #ipad #beer #moreBeer
- @snafu: Finally made it home, a mere 8 hours after I got in line at the Domain this morning. Sweet, sweet iPad. Drooooool… #Austin
- @jnoche: First in Seattle to get te iPad @ the U Village Apple store, worth the 15hours in line…
- @stattenf: Finally thinking straight! Woz rode up on his Segway with burgers & milkshake from In-n-Out for me. Only 17 more hours in #iPad line for me!
- @westfieldvf: And the madness begins….checkout the FIRST person in line for the launch of Apple’s iPad! 19 hours and counting… http://bit.ly/dhlOQy
- @Scobleizer: http://bestc.am/FpLM My iPad line reading stack. 22 more hours. Four books. How many will I get through?
Positive First Reactions:
- @3dbuzz: Time to put the iPad away and get back to work. After nearly 6 hours of use, battery was at 61%. Not bad.
- @Kevindoylejones: I am already more comfortable with my iPad than i ever was with my laptop also love color on books hated gray of kindle screen
- @_lukenewman: Twitteriffic for iPad is amazing. I love all the apps made for it. So much better than iPhone apps.
- @samsoffes: After using my iPad for a few hours, I really love it. I can see it replacing laptops in a few years.
- @JoshTurnerNJ: I have to admit, the iPad is very nice. It makes me hate going back to the small screen that is my phone.
Critiques:
- @nikkireads: I love reading on my ipad but I don’t like paying the higher prices:( This needs to change.
- @RealJG: I’m on an iPad right now . I don’t really like the keyboard, but is deff legit $499, hmm
- @dbgrady: My iPad review in brief: I hate the hidden apostrophe/quote key. It’s kind of heavy. I love everything else.
- @nealcampbell: I love the Netflix App, but it’s crashed twice on my iPad.
Celebs:
- @ConanObrien: Just got the new iPad. This amazing device has already revolutionized the way I use a calculator.
- @sethmeyers21: First Ricky Martin, now the iPad. Is anything not coming out this week?
Cute/Funny:
- @joetresh: Find it funny how ppl will wait 20 hours in line for Apple iPad in order to buy something that makes life more convenient. #irony
- @dwineman: Love the iPad’s glossy screen. If the angle is just right, you can actually see the person you’re having dinner with.
- @dgtlrssn: I wonder if people waited in line for 24 hours for windows 7 like they are for the iPad
Lucky Bastard:
- @mileskailburn: I don’t understand why ppl stood in line for hours for an iPad. As a business with a reservation we were in and out in 10 minutes.
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