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marrone12yesterday at 8:32 PM2 repliesview on HN

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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mercutio2yesterday at 9:28 PM

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.

pants2yesterday at 9:01 PM

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.