It happened! all the rumors were true! Apple have announced the release of the ipad.

You don’t get a better launch than what happened with this Ipad. Forums have been flooded with rumors of an “itablet” that would be released in the market. After all the hype, Steve Jobs made an amazing keynote that put all the rumors to bed and the social networks went ipad crazy.

Below I take a look at its impact in twitter and the tone of the comments that was appearing.

Social Media Impact

With the announcement of the ipad, twitter went through the roof, below is a graph of how many twitter posts there was that mentioned the word “ipad”. It certainly was one of the highest trending keywords that twitter has seen in a while.

Social Media Tone:

The percentage of tweets that occurred in the above showed that majority of tweeps thought that the ipad lacked in certain features.

Only +/- 11% of users had positive things to say about the ipad.

So what do users think is lacking?

- Majority of users feel that because there is no camera on board, this is a major oversight.

- One thing we all cant stand about our iphones is that you cant have 2 applications open at once. This is no different on the ipad. I mean seriously, i cant have my email open at the same time as taking notes?

If you are interested in watching the keynote on the Apple website or you would like to watch the introduction video.

The US Patent Office has signed, sealed, and delivered a late Christmas present to Apple. On January 20th, the powers that be awarded patent #7,479,949, titled Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics, to Apple. Essentially, Apple wins the war on their multi-touch technology and other copycats should be shaking in their boots.

We can’t wait to see how this all plays out. Let us know your thoughts and predictions in the comments.

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