iPad

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a big time fan of the iPad (I am sure this affection has something to do with Bloomberg Media’s excellent iPad app).

Here is a nifty photo of Mike holding a strong grip on the Gizmo (see the quote below for a note from his site as well):

Michael R. Bloomberg: the iPad mayor? The latest fixation in City Hall is the iPad and exploring ways that City Officials can use the tool to make government more efficient. “We’ve got to find ways to do more with less,” Mr. Bloomberg said. The NY Times writes:
Mr. Bloomberg showed off his iPad, which he purchased in May, at a question-and-answer session with Staten Island residents on Tuesday night. He said it might soon replace the thick dossier of schedules, budgets and news articles he receives each day.
The mayor, who is 68, has always portrayed himself as a bit of a tech fiend. He built an empire out of a technical contraption of his own, the Bloomberg terminal, and he uses a BlackBerry for e-mail and an iPod for Spanish lessons

Source: mikebloomberg.com

Jobs gave an interview yesterday (D8 Conference) and noted that the iPhone had its origins in a rough prototype for the iPad (even though the iPad was released almost 3 years after the iPhone).

Here is the quote:

“I had this idea about having a glass display, a multi-touch display,” Jobs told The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg during the June 1 onstage session. “I asked our people about it. And six months later they came back with this amazing display. And I gave it to one of our really brilliant UI guys. He then got … scrolling working and some other things, and I thought, ‘My god, we can build a phone with this.’”

and the video recording:

Just opening up a post to serve as a placeholder for iPad related jokes.

Please post your jokes in the comments section – here is one:

“Will women send their hubbies to the Apple store to purchase iPads?”

Added: Clobert’s iPad joke during 2010 Grammy Music Awards Ceremony

Here is a short list of some of comedy shows I like, all of them (including Leno) had jokes regarding the iPad last week: Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Mad TV, Colbert Nation, The Jay Leno Show, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and my favorite jokester outfit South Park.