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Below linked from Daring Fireball. Cool, simple iPhone/touch stand. Case considerations of course. MoviePeg

Amazon May Impede Access to Some Publishers

Brian Eno and David Byrne

Is there a way to attach a mouse? If not, how will the keyboard be used? Only for heavy word processing or type and then reach up on screen and move pointer/cursor/etc.? The latter seems awkward.

Believers in the OS potential for the form factor. Suspect Android and Chrome OS will be next. Find it interesting how some of us are somewhat viewing it as a different appliance. Some as the ultimate remote/vnc. Some as a [mostly] laptop replacement. Maybe the WiFi/3G split, but I'll be curious which of us use the iPad primarily outside the home and who's mostly using it inside? And other options for a case and a stand on the cheap... Accessorizing your iPad... for cheap!

Who likes mozzarella? Who likes the shape of Jobs head? Steve Jobs Cheese Head

Periodic Table for Sci-Fi.

Some Celtic Woman. Who thought you could turn Scarborough Fair into Lord of the Rings?

Sites prepping... NPR, WSJ prep Flash-free sites for iPad

Now it makes sense. Apple hires...

If anyone is looking for a cheap case to protect their iPads upon arrivial, a few are showing up such as... HHI Silicone Case for Apple iPad - dealmac.com And other more interesting ones... quirky | Cloak modulR iPad case and iPad accessory system / go anywhere. do anything. And several more listed here... 10 Great iPad Cases | Apartment Therapy Unplggd

Thin Mints.

Damn, I didn't know this existed. Thanks for the heads up. Time to put in Slow Century. More Ran Blake.

3 minutes late (my time), but happy belated!

Apple Sells An Estimated 91,000 iPads In 6 Hours Rumor: iPad in-store reservations may be over 40,000

Not sure, but possible clue? Possibly as many as 50,000 iPads pre-ordered in first two hours Wish Amazon released Kindle numbers.

"Overwhelming" demand limiting iPad in-store pickup

Or two of them shows up which has happened with Apple products to two people I know.

As Flash and Java aren't supported, we'll likely to need App Store and web-based alternatives to some apps. Thought it might be useful to have a separate thread from the iPad discussion itself in prep for the iPad arriving. Here are a couple... SketchPad Harmony And 'strech just posted...

Anyone getting the 3G version primary because it also gains GPS?

Okay, I'm sure this has already been tried, but for the heck of it I'll ask - have you used a recent Handbrake version to transcode from .mkv to h.264 .mp4/.m4v (with an extremely high bitrates to minimize secondary artifacts), then author a DVD (which will use another transcoding step to older MPEG-2) with Sonic/Roxio/etc.?

Cirque du Soleil's OVO tonight.