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Three Years Ago This Comic Predicted Apple Would Invent a Microsoft Surface-Like iPad in 2015

Three Years Ago This Comic Predicted Apple Would Invent a Microsoft Surface-Like iPad in 2015

Posted September 11, 2015 at 5:45am by iClarified
A HijiNKS ENSUE comic from three years ago, predicted that Apple would 'invent' an iPad that was similar to the Microsoft Surface.

The comic entitled "Surface Tension" has Microsoft fuming in 2012 that "in three years when Apple copies this, you cockwads will think it's genius!"

Check out the comic below and let us know what you think in the comments!


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Three Years Ago This Comic Predicted Apple Would Invent a Microsoft Surface-Like iPad in 2015
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The iDevice Pro
The iDevice Pro - September 14, 2015 at 7:14pm
By the way, @Nat. Feel free to email me at theidevicepro at yahoo dot com. I could show you a few things...lol
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 15, 2015 at 4:40am
How about put your promise where your mind was where you mentioned hacking. Or are you no so pro as your mojo ever was? I'm still waiting!
The iDevice Pro
The iDevice Pro - September 15, 2015 at 4:43am
Send that email And you'll see a hack b!tch
cdiazff
cdiazff - September 16, 2015 at 4:15pm
Hahahaha @iDevicePro I guess I did guess is job title cause he's too afraid to respond back!! Lol
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 16, 2015 at 4:18pm
Or I can keep playing your game of cat and mouse just to show how much irony you guys never fail to make! LAWLOLAWLOLAWLOLAWLOLAWLOLAWLOLAWLOLAWLOLAWLOLAWLXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD I am afraid of nothing FYI!
Da Desire
Da Desire - September 11, 2015 at 6:11pm
Nat my dear friend its either your working for apple since i could think of no other intelligible reason for you to say what your saying cause if money is not the cause of your delusion then i really feel sorry for you. And i am glad the rest of us are on the same page. Ditch ipad pro, we want OS X for ipad
Da Desire
Da Desire - September 11, 2015 at 6:33pm
The competition is way ahead, with its intel chips, palm block technology, 3rd party apps, easy share thru USB and much much more. Who needs a stupid ipad and a mac, you end up spending more even twice when you could just buy a surface and make life easy. Tab on the go and laptop when you need it. Running full windows.. Just WOW!!!
 Nat
Nat - September 11, 2015 at 6:38pm
I'm not the slightest bit delusional like you! If you want OS X that bad, get the MacBook. It may not be at valet but it's enough to have even with extra keys on the keyboard and ports. I ditched windows since 8 and never looked back. The competition isn't that are ahead with features even if it is upgrades, but this is still optional in battery upgrades, ssd for Mac, kits designed for Mac and iPhone along with the tools to make even more especially with x code, and much more. Who needs cheap surface trying to be a 2-in-1 when it can focus on features that don't render most of them useless and be new about them like Apple. Tablet that can work and have the power of the computer with the apps from a computer all on iOS... BAM!!!!!
Nas
Nas - September 11, 2015 at 4:54pm
I would buy an iPad if it runs OSX on it, other than that it's useless for me since i have an iPhone. Might cost more than an actual mac. Hopefully they do it though.
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 11, 2015 at 5:05pm
A MacBook is what OS X was designed and made for. iOS is what touch screens were made for. What is so useless about not having OS X for iPad? That's like wanting OS X for an iPhone.
chrisdf
chrisdf - September 11, 2015 at 5:17pm
I back you up 100% @nas I expected that from them but they don't know what "innovation" is anymore since steve jobs past away. This company is going to die sooner or later.
Nas
Nas - September 12, 2015 at 4:06am
@Nat idk why your pissed, that's what i think. Plus as a developer i would definitely use an iPad running OS X on it. The Apple Pencil would make more sense for designers and it will help developers become more creative if they only knew basic designing techniques.
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 12, 2015 at 4:11am
This guy just tries to fool me all he wants, but about that pencil, what not to like about it? What else to add to make it work better when it works like no other digital pen before?
Nas
Nas - September 12, 2015 at 1:04pm
Imagine designers using that pencil in photoshop or sketch or any other software that's similar but not on the App Store, even if it is on the app store you can do limited stuff using it.
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 12, 2015 at 1:09pm
Up until Microsoft updated their stuff to work with it, heck who knows what apps were used in the iPad pro video showing off his the pen works. Eventually, almost all drawing apps will be updated to work with the apple pencil. Think about I.
SethKnowles
SethKnowles - September 11, 2015 at 3:02pm
Whatever. The iPhone still has garbage battery and now it's even smaller. I hope that they didn't reduce it so the next model they can say it's 30% larger than the 6S. This would still mean it's garbage since the battery got smaller as opposed to larger. I'm disappointed. I'll wait and see if they give us a real battery next year.
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 11, 2015 at 3:08pm
Until iOS 9'tJes advantage of making battery efficient along with portable chargers you can charge with it that don't require wall outlets at all! No seriously, this helps the quality battery life last longer and proves how much more improved batteries can get no matter the size.
Cedeno66
Cedeno66 - September 11, 2015 at 4:12pm
Insont really care what they use or how they do it. I just want a real long last battery. I doubt however that it's solved from the operating system alone. Although no doubt that can improve a small part of the crappy battery issue. Why couldn't they have kept it the same size and improve it with iOS 9. That would've really been something be what do I know?
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 11, 2015 at 5:00pm
ios 9 gives you much more space to free up, so imagine how much it will do for battery, besides it's the parts in the iPad that need enough room even for bigger battery.
angela bennett
angela bennett - September 11, 2015 at 2:07pm
people don't understand that what really matters is the app store. a surface can have keyboard, trackpad etc but at the end it is only a hybrid with only a few apps to play with. an ipad has many apps superior to those from microsoft.
Da Desire
Da Desire - September 11, 2015 at 2:11pm
Yes, what people dont understand is that they dont need a pathetic app store to download or depend on one company to download apps. They can download anything from the entire web. This in itself should give an edge and make the surface much superior than the ipad which requires you to have an account with apple before you could even begin to run your device.
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 11, 2015 at 2:20pm
1. You can choose to skip account creating. /. You do realize downloading from the Internet carries the malware with it. 3. App Store has anything even flash based browsers if I wanted flash which makes another step forward to iPad and it's apps.
Da Desire
Da Desire - September 11, 2015 at 3:22pm
Nat my dear dear friend, what good is an ipad without an apple ID and yes your right, apple is so worried about its consumers that the entire reason it built an app store was to save us from malware and not make millions for the percentage that it gets from developers. And yes im sure everybody that you know is so thrilled for having run flash on their ipads. But for the rest of us we want a device that just works the way we want it to, to be able to share our stuff with our friends irrespective of what brand they use and not having to worry about whether an update from the manufacturer will make our device slow or even obsolete. At least the rest of us do not want to be a victum of willful blindness.
Da Desire
Da Desire - September 11, 2015 at 1:11pm
Ipad pro sucks. I mean who would want to buy an iphone with a bigger screen. I and the other sensible bunch would rather go for surface pro 3 or wait for the lastest surface than but this pathetic device that runs a mobile operating software.
Da Desire
Da Desire - September 11, 2015 at 2:08pm
What would have been true innovation for apple is putting their Mac OS in that 13 inch screen and i for one would have definitely bought that device. But for now we can just hope that apple comes back to the ground and see what people really need instead of shoving their products that THEY think we need down our throats. But then again since its apple we are talking about, it seems a hope against hope. Maybe they will will realize and build us what we need once they have tried everything else.
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 11, 2015 at 2:14pm
I'm blown at how much your comment defies childish compared to mine. At least I am comparing with reasoning. Besides, what's so sluggish about features that were JUST revealed, plus not to mention Apple makes stuff a step up copied or not since it's coded differently but in the end just works. Asking for stuff that's not really that important like that it like adding iPad pro capabilities to the phone. That's an example of what OS X on an iPad would be like. Imagine trying to code the key function into the iPad, or better yet, who needs a mouse anyway? Apple doesn't really shove anything down our throats if they don't force you to buy their products ya know.
Developer
Developer - September 11, 2015 at 12:50pm
So dumb , Apple had the Patent on this before Microsoft came out with the keyboard. Not too mention Apple made it better. The artist sounds bitter. Even worse is that iClarified even posted this. #lame
Great
Great - September 11, 2015 at 9:04am
This is but version 1 of the iPad pro. Apple plays the long game. Their main aim is to make the production cost of their CPUs and other components to go down, then the MacBook Air and etc will switch to using them instead of Intel. Apple's Cpu will suddenly leapfrog Intel's and surprise everyone again.
Ola
Ola - September 11, 2015 at 8:48am
As for now, the era of new idea is becoming saturated the genius just have to copy. Less we forget the power of third party apps, iPad pro will rock with its iOS by pushing the limits. Who is gonna be the winner is no question.
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 11, 2015 at 12:44pm
Less we also forget not a copy in any way. Not just any regular keyboard that doesn't even have a mouse, not just another regular pen that works on some regular touchscreen, and not just any case.
Raul
Raul - September 11, 2015 at 6:16am
Right now apple has no vision for the future. They just followup with some product that their rivals bring out. There is no real market for ipad pro IMO. Surface runs the full windows OS whereas ipad pro runs just iOS. So i dont see apple has a point in creating ipad 'pro'. The only thing is they now have a 13" screen that is portable. Down the road i predict apple to change the apple watch face to round shape. Only Products conceived in steve jobs era (iphone,mac, ipad,ipod) are still doing well and nothing much.
Forrest
Forrest - September 11, 2015 at 11:57am
U're right man, no vision for the future at all.
The iDevice Pro
The iDevice Pro - September 11, 2015 at 5:06pm
This is exactly what I have been saying since Mr. Jobs left this earth. Apple is on the way down. Just like Disney has destroyed my childhood love-Star Wars-Tim Cook is destroying Apple. A corporate sell-out. Make as much money as they can in any way they can and flood the market with several models of the same unit. Take ideas that Jobs was staunchly against, like a budget-priced iPhone (iPhone 5(c)), and make them. Jobs was against these products for a reason. They aren't what Apple used to be about. Apple used to be about innovation and putting the customers first. All that has changed now, and it breaks my heart.
The iDevice Pro
The iDevice Pro - September 12, 2015 at 1:16am
I see your English hasn't improved, @Nat...lol
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 12, 2015 at 1:48am
Please, your grammar defies no knowledge! Lawlolawl
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 11, 2015 at 5:51am
A keyboard that acts like a case. Who would have thought. It would be considered surface like if it had a mouse on the keyboard.
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