I read another article on CNET by my favorite author. In fact, if I've counted right, I've used his articles as the source for three of my recent blog posts. Oh well. At least I'm citing him and not just trying to use his work as my own - that's naughty.
Anyway, the story that he is writing about today is the fact that a McDonald's restaurant in Virginia Beach, VA has decided to have iPads available to their customers in order to play. For free. That's right. People can go into that specific McDonald's, order their fries and shake and go read the latest news from CNN or The Onion. no longer do they have to worry about bringing their own iPad or iPhone and letting the children mess around with it while you are eating breakfast, lunch or dinner.
While this can become a great service to the people - especially those that are curious about an iPad but not willing to purchase one just yet, it gives them the chance to "test drive" it, if you will, basically getting their opinion. Plus, since the McDonald's rents the equipment from a different company, they are more than willing to repair or replace any damaged Ipads.
Here's what I don't get:
Why so into a McDonald's and spend money just to play on an iPad. If you have an iPad, simply stay home and use it. If you don't, can you imagine how quickly you can purchase one if you stopped going to McDonald's in the first place.
Until tomorrow.
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