Re: Books Have Better Heat Tolerance Than iPad

Uh, I would expect to be able to use my iPad outdoors in the summer, even under a hot sun. Hand-waving retorts of "but it's a computer" are meaningless, since pretty much everything has a computer in it nowadays and we expect our cars to start, our cellphones to run, and our Kindles to operate --- important language coming up --- "in normal environmental conditions."

Note the implied point that the advertised temperature range is misleading. No one's measuring their iPad's actual temperature with a thermometer; if anyone's even worrying about temperature ranges at all, they're looking at the weather report. So if it's 90 F outside, but the iPad is running at 110 F because someone decided to make it out of black metal, then I think these people have a case. Especially if, as I seem to recall, Apple's advertising campaign included depictions of people using iPads at beaches and in other sunny environs.

Notice I made no mention of that book analogy the author found so humorous. This is because it's obvious what they meant, and that the "it reads like a book" line comprises just a portion of the case they're bringing. Regardless, the author of this blog decided to reduce it to an absurdity for easy attack. I'm confident the legal team behind this is not under the false impression that they can write on their iPads with pens or use them under water.