I meant to write this post yesterday. But I could not, as the earth stood still. There was no way I could log on to this blog, and I soon heard from people all over that chatrooms, fora, search engines and blogs were flooded.

What blacked out the internet and put the world to a halt? You know it, could not possibly have missed it. Less than 24 hours later, more than 5 million google hits refer to it, during which time it has of course been the global #1 online search:

The iPad.

Ending rumours dating back to last August, Steve Jobs went on stage on San Fransisco yesterday and announced that it will be released in March. Shorter (nextopian) demand curve than the iPhone, which ranged from January til the end of June. But more active rumour management before the stage appearance, from last August til now, end of January.

The question, now: Will the iPad top 70 million google hits before the release, and beat the 100% company value increase?