Lines formed outside of Apple stores all across the country as techies needing their latest fix waited to be the first to own a piece of history. Apple claims to have sold more than 300,000 iPads on the first day. That’s no small feat. One teenager took a bat to one and made a video that is being seen on YouTube. That is one way to become famous. Performance art for the masses. Whether you agree with the teenager or not the last time I checked it had more than 300,00 views. The number 300,000 seems somewhat coincidental. But in time I would suspect Apple to sell more iPads then teenagers trashing the hell out of one.

Yet before you plop down some of your hard earned money these iPads may not be for everyone. For instance if you are a multi-tasker you won’t be able to run more than one app at a time. If you are you might have to wait for the next generation of iPads. And although you can call someone on it it doesn’t make a good case of being an iPhone unless you long for those days of boom boxes when wedged up on shoulders snugged to the ear.

Have you noticed the variety of apps out in the marketplace?  Yes there are thousands of them and growing each and every day all with their unique graphic look. So is the iPhone app art worthy of  a mention? I think so. Before the app explosion there were the few classic iconic graphics so highly recognizable such as Apple’s iTunes or search engine browsers like Safari, Firefox and I.E. Now with so many apps to choice from unless one has overwhelming popularity, these new graphic apps won’t find the immediate recognition those previously mention have. Not to worry. There will be a time when the public sees an array of application graphics out from cellphones and computers.  I wonder how long it will be before some artist mounts a show appropriating these graphics into his artwork. It’s coming. From a personal standpoint, I like to see the apps stacked resembling pixels and made into portraits. Chuck Close are you listening?