Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 27, 2010
January 26, 2010
January 28, 2010
Transcript:
Mike: It's a book! It's a newspaper! It's a computer! It's everything! Kim: How exciting. Mike: Look at that... what an interface! Apple's done it again, Kim! You can use this device for just about... oh, wow! Kim: What now? Mike: It makes perfect paninis! Every time!
I think it’s wonderful! The iPad is our real life version of the 1960’s Star Trek series’ PADD. It was a portable, cordless device with a screen you could write upon with a stylus. It could be linked with the Enterprise’s library computor, remember? I was wondering if I should ever hope that the utopian technology from Star Trek, their Food Replicators, is on the way too. After seeing this comic, I’m a believer! If only apple could’ve called their device “The Real PADD!” a tie-in with the huge ST franchise would’ve raked in even more money than they’ll get now by calling it the nearest thing to PADD–iPad. .
apple, give us a food replicator next!
Star Trek Lives!