Start the reality distortion field - iPad

[SunnyD]

Please tell me you missed a 0 on that. 16gb in a device that size? That can't be right.

Why would that be a misprint. It's a fucking overgrown iPod Touch, not a PC tablet.

 

[So]

Why is 3g version cost so much?

Markups. Most people will spring for 3G and give them $130 more for a $10 modem chip.

 

[Cogman]

Maybe, just maybe, this will be the product that wakes up the Apple fanatics to realize "Hey, we are spending huge amounts on overpriced crap!"

Anyone else find Apple's "iWork" similar to Microsoft's "Works". I wonder if it will flop as big.

 

[SunnyD]

IMHO, a huge negative is that the screen "bezel" is so friggin big. Give me an edge to edge surface FFS.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

supersized iphone. big whoop.

 

[shocksyde]

Unimpressed.

 

[sdifox]

IMHO, a huge negative is that the screen "bezel" is so friggin big. Give me an edge to edge surface FFS.

your hand has to be somewhere to hold it up.

 

[Sumguy]

Seriously? A big iPod touch?

$500?

 

[2Xtreme21]

Please tell me you missed a 0 on that. 16gb in a device that size? That can't be right.

About normal for a comparable SSD-enclosed netbook. Still, $630 for an oversized iPod Touch with data capabilities is too much.

 

[Lonyo]

It might be appealing, except netbook tablet PCs are the same as the starting price of the iPad ($500) and can actually do useful stuff.

 

[SunnyD]

your hand has to be somewhere to hold it up.

:sneaky:




:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

THIS

IS TO THIS

AS THIS

IS TO THIS

 

[Cogman]

It might be appealing, except netbook tablet PCs are the same as the starting price of the iPad ($500) and can actually do useful stuff.

500, or less. You can get a netbook for for $300

 

[Anonemous]

For 500 or less you can get one of the thin ULV laptops.

 

[Lifted]

oh, i c. it's a computer that I can only run apps on that apple approves of. SWEET!

and really, who would want to run voip on it anyway when we can just buy an iphone.

i want to be an isheep.

 

[Anubis]

this is quite possibly the stupidest thing i have ever seen

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

I am Jack's utter lack of surprise

 

[Canai]

Yeah, not getting that. Maybe once they double the memory and get rid of the fugly dead space around the screen.

 

[Lonyo]

500, or less. You can get a netbook for for $300

I was talking about a netbook tablet, one with a touchscreen and tablet mode (like the Asus T91)

 

[QueBert]

has an LED backlit IPS panel, that screens gonna look fucking beautiful.

 

[vshah]

Why is 3g version cost so much?

steve wants a new boat. its a $20 chip

 

[Lonyo]

has an LED backlit IPS panel, that screens gonna look fucking beautiful.

Beautiful for what?
Sure, the tech might be nice, but a 4:3 screen in this day and age? Horrible for movies, and for basic reading/books, e-ink would be nicer on the eyes.

 

[bobdole369]

Nah, I think it has some uses. There are a lot of things that a netbook simply won't do. One thing is to run HD video. I can see this device working in a charging dock as a giant remote and video player. I'm sure the folks at www.savantav.com are going apeshit over this.

I can easily see reading periodicals and books here.

I can also see it used as a vehicle monitoring display (gauges and whatnot).

 

[thegimp03]

Newton 2.0?

 

[bobdole369]

has an LED backlit IPS panel, that screens gonna look fucking beautiful.

People who don't know - probably won't because they are too cheap to understand. My boss rocks TN panels all over at work because he's colorblind. My wife - a photographer, appreciates the true beauty of an IPS panel.

It's all about viewing angle and color accuracy.