Update: Nice CNET recap of the SF Apple Store launch, featuring a certain ubiquitous video blogger.

Results may vary

Third party developers for the iPad are discovering they are having a bad day. The iPad simulator used by hundreds of developers had a slight documentation error – Robert X Cringely reports here, neither with glee, nor malice, more of a shrug of the shoulders and “What else is new?” tone :

Literally what should have been a ‘>’ was made a ‘<’ by mistake (or vice versa).  The result is that some applications were built in a way that was within the tolerance of the simulator but not of the target hardware.  Now that iPads are coming available the solutuion is simple: test your app on the actual device.

As the late Douglas Adams once wrote, “We apologize for the inconvenience.” or as the late beloved comedian Don Adams would remark, “Sorry about that!”

Would you believe this is Tim Cook's fault? No? Ah, would you believe this was a dastardly April Fool's prank executed by Larry Ellison's people? No? Ah, well, would you believe this all your fault?

Scoble emerges from the Palo Alto Apple Store this morning. Looks a lot like July 2007, doesn’t it? Maybe a little heavier.

There must be.  How else could eSarcasm have this article on their site?

First, you open ... THE BOX!!!

Some kids couldn’t wait to take apart Dad’sclock radio, just to see how it works. Then they grow up and pull this nonsense. Rapid Repair demonstrates how to open up the guts of your iPad, thus invalidating your warranty, but you geeks don’t care about that stuff anyway.

The fabled everlasting battery, feast your eyes, nerdsylvanians!!

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Woz just loves the user experience, and you have to appreciate that. He just likes being out with the masses. The fawning adulation probably doesn’t hurt, either. Straight from The Merc in San Jose:

The ever buoyuant Woz, who brought along his Segway, which he used to cruise the empty mall halls, provided tech tales to all who wanted to hear them. An early supply crunch apparently forced Apple to limit individuals and businesses to one order of two iPads. Even Woz couldn’t get more: After ordering one iPad, he tried to put in another order for one more for a friend, but was turned away.

First, everyone has to be applauded for not going nuts or crazy on the lines throughout the country. At worst, it’s happy, noisy manic, but no shoving, pushing or gun toting , even here in Texas.

Second, one lousy photo of Woz at Santa Clara store and Brinke got it from somebody else. What are all you Rabid Fanboy readers, shut-ins? Not one Santa Clara or any West Coast reader couldn’t get some Woz video? If I don’t see any entries at firstrabidfanboy@gmail.com by 11:59pm Sunday night …ah, you’re not worth the trouble, I’m setting the puppy free …

I've been betrayed by both the providers of my livelihood and my gullible user base.

Three, my comic book store friends are shitting major bricks and they ain’t unlocked iPhones, let me tell you. It seems Marvel’s new comic store app is frightening the comic book store owners in ways Marvel’s other online ventures did not. They’re freaking out! They may have to close shop and get real jobs. They are not happy. Not happy at all. If Steve Jobs can figure out how to make movies and TV shows without actors, writers and directors, he may not only revolutionize another another industry but piss off more people that I personally don’t give a rat’s ass about.