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Apple Tablet Media Event Today: 'Come See Our Latest Creation'
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So you can spend $1000 on one, if you want 3g, 64GB and nice stand. However you can get the basic device for as cheap as $500. Wow.
limesmoothie
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Hmmm, the Dell might be on eBay by June. $499 or £400-£500 quid is ok. Not great but when I'm standing in the Apple Store, debit card in hand, enough to tempt me
Kadman
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Maybe if you could tether it via BT to your iPhone for data, but probably not even then. I warned my wife I would be making a purchase today if I liked what I saw but this device actually has me chuckling it's so terrible. I almost think this device's sole purpose is to see just how far from sanity Steve can lure people with his reality distortion field. Similar to the way Hank Hill says he's fine with tatoos so you can identify people who "aren't right" just by looking at them, you'll be able to identify the clueless fan boi simply by seeing they carry one of these.
As was said before, the name sound like a feminine hygiene product and it goes downhill from there!
As was said before, the name sound like a feminine hygiene product and it goes downhill from there!
Unprocessed1
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dronus
macrumors 6502
Do Americans realise that AT&T isnt in every country (or that there actually are other countries?)
To us Aussies this doesnt mean anything exciting...
This is a nightmare. A nightmare.
An ipod touch with a big screen. They've gone mad. What a sideral fail.
An ipod touch with a big screen. They've gone mad. What a sideral fail.
bobob
macrumors 68040
Heh. I bet Jobs could have said it cost $1.75 and Apple will pay you to take 3G data and this guy's response would've still been "No thanks."
*LTD*
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The pricing is incredible. I figured it'd be completly out of my price range. This is going to sell pretty well. I like the keyboard dock too. Nice touch.
Lesser Evets
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They should just include 3G in every model.
But I guess they have to take out something to push the price to $499 so they can brag about it and make the thing look cheap (when it's actually not if you want all the basic stuffs).
But I guess they have to take out something to push the price to $499 so they can brag about it and make the thing look cheap (when it's actually not if you want all the basic stuffs).
LOL.
I called it all a long time ago last month 😀.
I knew it was close to $500-$600.
What were you folks expecting? A tablet straight out of Star Trek or Avatar?
We're NOT there yet. I feel bad for you Apple fans for not having your expectations met.
The tablet is not perfect, but it is a very good start to get the momentum going.
Oh, and that keyboard dock thing? LOOK at it carefully. Does it not remind you of the old school original 1984 Mac setup? 😀 😀
They've gone 'old school' in a new way. It's a frickin' computer! I CALLED IT!!!!!
I called it all a long time ago last month 😀.
I knew it was close to $500-$600.
What were you folks expecting? A tablet straight out of Star Trek or Avatar?
We're NOT there yet. I feel bad for you Apple fans for not having your expectations met.
The tablet is not perfect, but it is a very good start to get the momentum going.
Oh, and that keyboard dock thing? LOOK at it carefully. Does it not remind you of the old school original 1984 Mac setup? 😀 😀
They've gone 'old school' in a new way. It's a frickin' computer! I CALLED IT!!!!!
It is pretty much just a larger ipod Touch. But I want one. I want something like this that I can throw on the couch and pick up whenever, read docs and books, surf, watch some vids, etc.
It was, until you realize that's no 3G and only *16GB* of storage.
The real price of this device is $829. Pass.
Gix1k
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djsound
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