Ryan said: Nick Carr's instant reaction to the Apple iPad announcement is my favorite piece of writing about it so far. Quote:
The rapturous reaction to Apple’s tablet - the buildup to Jobs’s announcement blurred the line between media feeding-frenzy and orgiastic pagan ritual - shows that our attitude to the tablet form has shifted. Tablets suddenly look attractive. Why? Because the nature of personal computing has changed.Added: January 27, 2010 at 5:05PM EST