{"id":2323,"date":"2012-03-02T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2012-10-18T02:17:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T06:17:37","slug":"what-can-i-do-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/vl\/what-can-i-do-for-me.html","title":{"rendered":"What Can &#8216;i&#8217; Do For Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure that by now you have heard that Apple is coming out with <em>something<\/em>. Come on, you have to know. Even I, a proud member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/yyNLtU\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Association of Last Carriers<\/strong><\/a>, I am aware of this development. Unlike all the previous years, however, this time I am actually paying attention. And you&#8217;ll soon find out why.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apple-invitation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2327\" title=\"Apple Invitation\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apple-invitation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apple-invitation.jpg 560w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apple-invitation-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s one simple reason: A few months ago, I officially started shopping for a tablet. It occurred to me that I need a tablet. I have always thought I don&#8217;t need one. I have a laptop. I have a smart phone. What would I need a tablet for? Well, a lot apparently. For example, I am not always in front of my laptop &#8230; and I do not always feel like using my smart phone. So, what does a girl do?<\/p>\n<p>A girl does the only thing she always does: she reads up on just about all the popular tablets. I had made up my mind to buy anything but the iPad. I was <em>not<\/em> going to fall for it. Everyone keeps talking about the iPad, but me, I was not. I made up my mind to buy the Sony tablet. I had made up my mind before I even saw it and touched it. I went to Best Buy and played with all their tablets &#8211; except the iPad. And yes, I did play with all the tablets. Every single one.<\/p>\n<p>But I did not like the Sony Tablet&#8217;s shape, plus I hated the fact that it was the first generation. So I started looking at the Toshiba Thrive. But it was too big and it was the first generation too. And then the Samsung. But I was not in love. I don&#8217;t want to go into details with all the tablets I looked at and why I did not like them.<\/p>\n<p>One day, however, I met the iPad. I did not mean to, but the guy at Best Buy just could not understand that I wanted to know more about the Android tablets, not about the iPads. He said, <em>&#8220;Well, sure, you can waste your money on these other ones, but the iPad is the best.&#8221;<\/em> Over and over, I told him to tell me about the androids, but he insisted on the iPad. I vexed.<\/p>\n<p>And then I walked out with the iPad on my mind. Since then, it has refused to leave. And that is exactly how I got hooked on the <em>i<\/em>. I began to pay attention to every <em>i<\/em>-related article on Mashable. Rumors and rumors about the iPad 3 were pouring in &#8211; still pouring in. Like that wasn&#8217;t bad enough, they have now officially invited people to their event on March 7th.<\/p>\n<p>The invitation says, <em><strong>&#8220;We have something you really need to see. And touch.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0The event will start at 10AM in San Francisco which is 1 PM here in Maryland. I cannot wait to find out what they&#8217;re revealing. Trust Apple, they&#8217;re not telling \u00a0people what they&#8217;re releasing. Only that we need to see and touch it. Well, that could be anything. TV. Laptop. iPad. iTouch. Shoot, a car??? They&#8217;re making me hyperventilate here. I&#8217;m breaking out in random sweats. I&#8217;m having a nightmare. I think one of them (iPad 3) visited me the other night and told me things.<\/p>\n<p>The picture above is supposed to be a giveaway. But what if it isn&#8217;t? Apple actually sent it as part of the invitation. See torture!!! \u00a0That said, I&#8217;m gonna go out on a limb here and say that it just might be the <em><strong>iPad 2S<\/strong><\/em>. Yes, ke. That&#8217;s what they did with the iPhone 4S. People predicted that the iPhone 5 was coming out, but instead, they surprised <del>us<\/del> them with the iPhone 4S. I couldn&#8217;t care less back then. \u00a0I was still faithful to RIM and their Blackberry.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone knows Apple, please tell them to have mercy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure that by now you have heard that Apple is coming out with something. Come on, you have to know. Even I, a proud member of the Association of Last Carriers, I am aware of this development. Unlike all the previous years, however, this time I am actually paying attention. 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