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Make Your Own (Paper) iPad and iPad Sighting at NYC Starbucks

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While the iPad was officially announced in January, the iPad will not be available for purchase until late March. However, it seems some iPads have been seeded into the wild as David Vogler claims to have seen one in a New York City Starbucks (photo).

If you're having trouble waiting for the iPad to arrive, Jess Silverstone, the lead artist for Revolutionary Concepts put together a cut-out of the Apple iPad that you can print yourself.

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The cutout is provided in two separate PNG files (iPad Front 664KB and iPad Rear 377KB). Each cutout can fit on standard A4 (8.3 x 11.7 inches) paper, but your printer has to be capable of borderless printing to achieve close to actual iPad dimensions. The real iPad dimensions are 9.56 inches x 7.47 inches x 0.5 inches. They've even included a cutout of the A4 processor you can include for "improved performance".

Here's what it looks like put together:

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Meanwhile, if you actually have access to a large format A3 printer, a Taiwanese blogger has put together a PDF that will print to full size.

Article Link: Make Your Own (Paper) iPad and iPad Sighting at NYC Starbucks
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2010/02/06/ipad-sighting-at-nyc-starbucks-and-make-your-own-paper-ipad/
Awesome!

Ha! I might actually download that pdf and fool a few people :). I'm excited to see how the ipad does, though I still don't like the name.
 
Another PinHead Speaks

"This is seriously on page 1?"

I read back to front so for me, it's on the LAST page.
 
MacRumors said:
If you're having trouble waiting for the iPad to arrive, Jess Silverstone, the artist for Revolutionary Concepts put together a cut-out of the Apple iPad that you can print yourself.
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What sort of website is MacRumors? That's not reporting news, that's treating all its readers like complete dumbasses.

And I notice it's 'Arn' reporting this rubbish. As I've said before, Eric Slivka should write all articles exclusively.
 
BRLawyer said:
Why/how would it be useful for developers to have a paper copy of the iPad? Enlighten me, please.
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sense of scale for the app. Print it out. The iPad is actually smaller than you think it is.

arn
 
ss957916 said:
What sort of website is MacRumors? That's not reporting news, that's treating all its readers like complete dumbasses.
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Maybe it's page 2 fodder, but isn't page 2 for pretty unbelievable stuff? This paper thing is real. This is just news and rumors. Well, aren't you glad something new was posted on the weekend so you'd have something to do? It's a weekend art project. Enjoy.
 
ss957916 said:
What sort of website is MacRumors? That's not reporting news, that's treating all its readers like complete dumbasses.
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MacRumors is exactly the sort of website where readers get so excited about an upcoming product that they will print out paper mockups to see how it feels in hand. Unquestionably.

arn
 
Normally nothing happens here during weekends. At least give em credit for understanding the plight of us poor mid-atlantic snowbound souls needy of something interesting to read.;):apple:
 
I know what you're saying arn, but still, how is this page 1 news, page 2 news maybe, but c'mon...
 
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