January 27, 2010 marked the announcement of Apple’s “most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price.” The technological creation that Apple was referencing in their advertisement was their newest device, the iPad, starting at $499. The tablet computer fills the void between the iPhone and laptop to essentially make a large iTouch. The iPad comes with a 9.7 inch screen available in 16GB and 64 GB versions. The screen size is designed to make it ideal to watch video, read newspapers and browse online. The Apple iPad has up to 10 hours of battery life and Wi-Fi capability. Apple is yet to announce a mobile contract to somehow connect to the device.
There was and continues to be much hype around Apple’s latest creation. The New York Times immediately signed on with Apple to create exclusive content, including articles with a newspaper look and play-in-page video in order to be part of the commotion. The iPad is sure to be in the hands of every Mac lover’s hands when the times comes… and now it can be in yours too
FOR FREE.
All you need is a facebook account.
The group titled “iPad research center- rest and keep it” explains that, “because of the big hyper around the iPad, several companies are giving away iPads for review purposes as soon as they are available.” All you have to do is become a fan to complete the first step of the process! And also advertise to your friends as per request of the group web page.
The people behind this one of a kind offer is a marketing research company that is looking for people to rest products. They claim to constantly want to improve products to bring continuous satisfaction to costumers.
The group goes onto explain that they looking for 10,000 lucky testers who are willing to examine the new Apple iPad. The testers will then luckily be allowed to keep the iPad for participating in the program.
Unfortunately, it might a little late to take action in this limited time offer. By the time I saw the group there were 327,711 fans but there still might a chance.
The group also makes it a point to clarify that the Facebook Page is not affiliated with Apple Inc.
Seems as though marketing companies are opening the lines of communication to their audiences. By allowing fans of the device to test the product they are able to respond with their responses. This idea is a perfect way to gain an insight on how audiences will be using technology.
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