Here are CoM’s obligatory iPad unboxing pix. The biggest surprise is the lack of a cleaning cloth (the iPad is already sticky with greasy little prints). There’s also the austere minimalism of the box’s contents. There’s hardly anything in it.
No surprise, the iPad comes in a slick, well-made box with a nice satin finish.
Pop the lid and the iPad is sitting right there. It’s covered in a plastic film. Oddly, it wouldn’t turn on until after it was plugged into my Mac Pro, even though it had a full charge.
Under the iPad is the info packet. The setup booklet isn’t a booklet — it’s a single page that shows the three buttons and basically says, “plug into iTunes to get started.” That’s it. I was expecting a cleaning cloth. No luck. There is a pair of Apple window stickers though.
Beneath the welcome packet is the sync cable and a charging brick. That’s it. I don’t know what else I was expecting, but three things in the box is very minimalist, even by Apple’s standards.
It has a nice heft and feel.
Say cheese.
My son Lyle holding up the iPad at CoM’s luxurious world headquarters. The other kids can barely contain their excitement.
Fired up. The home screen wallpaper shows a bunch of shooting stars, which makes the screen look scratched.
