Apple Tablet Media Event Today: 'Come See Our Latest Creation'

[HLdan]

LMAO @ the Apple cult members who are declaring This will be HUGE! and It will SELL LIKE HOTCAKES! Lol

Did I miss them announcing the price points???

Because knowing Apple, this thing will cost EASILY $500 neighborhood... In which case it WILL NOT sell like hotcakes.

The Kindle sells like hotcakes because it's affordable and does only one task, and does it well.

This is not a Kindle. It's a giant iPod Touch and it WILL not cost the same as a Kindle.

I'll be taking a screenshot of your post for later, so when the iPad sells like "Hotcakes" I will repost a pic of your post for everyone to laugh at.

 

[GeekLawyer]

I'm now wondering if I need an iPhone anymore. Maybe I need a cheap cell phone for calls/texts. And iPad 3G for my mobile data, apps, and web? Wow.

Decisions, decisions.

 

[chewietobbacca]

ahaha, and all the fanboys eat it up... go ahead and buy it, I'll buy a much more powerful netbook for cheaper

Going to just stick around with my netbook

$499 for the base model sounds tempting, until you realize that you don't get anywhere near the storage for all the stuff you can load onto the tablet, and you still don't get the full functionality

Pass

 

[smiddlehurst]

Expected it to be this price. Disappointed that its on ATT's network though. Apple has really screwed ATT.

It's unlocked as standard if you get the 3G version....

 

[Small White Car]

Ha ha...yeah, it's "just an iPod."

Just keep telling yourself that!

 

[Battlefield Fan]

lol $629 for 3g model on top of at least $30 a month.

Yea doubt it Apple

 

[BlasphemyCool]

So you have to place the device on your lap or on a flat surface to type. Why didn't they implement keyboards on both sides, as an extra feature...

Plus it has no camera...

I mean, really?

 

[rgarjr]

16GB is barely any space at all for a netbook/tablet. You add on movies, music, games, photos, it's going to fill up fast! I feel like I barely have anything on my iPhone compared to the average user and I'm already hitting a little over 11GB.

i agree, 16GB is nothing nowadays..

 

[decadentdave]

Another superfluous device ala Apple TV.

 

[zacman]

My netbook cost $250. They have little to worry about.

Plus the Freescale OEM tablets that have been announced at CES start at $199 (and run a full OS).

 

[Beric]

no GPS

The iPod touch doesn't have GPS either.

 

[NJMetsHero]

They went straight into the iPad presentation. There's got to be a One More Thing.

 

[eelpout]

no GPS

do we know that as a fact?

 

[mojoe24]

I think its a useless device. But it looks cool. What is bad about reading on a IPS screen?

 

[eastercat]

If you want the model with 3G, it's almost $200 more, plus some money to ATT every month.

It's unlocked. You're not stuck in a contract with AT&T. If T-Mobile's got data, you can get it from there instead. Or you can get a pre-paid data service.

 

[Palm Pimp]

Steve Jobs has just pulled down his pants...

and crapped on every PC-lovin' butt head.

Ever.

More like he crapped in your mouth. Every laptop/ notebook/ tablet maker is laughing their ass off over this lamesauce product.

 

[xhambonex]

So wait, where's the innovation?

 

[Mattie Num Nums]

$829 for 64GB model.

 

[limesmoothie]

The price is right. But, not 499, 629 if u want 3G. And really, if u buy one,
you might as well get 3G. Still not a horrible price.

Not true everywhere though, 3G patchy in the UK and some networks overloaded with iPhone traffic already. Wi-fi might be OK for me for Rev.A.

 

[phobic99]

“It just feels right to hold the internet in your hand — when you see something, you just reach out and tap it. You don’t think about it… you just DO.

Is he talking about Apple websites? Or Pron...?

Ok, I'll admit. This was funny.

Seriously though I can't imagine typing on this iPad for long periods of time. My fingers are already saying "Ouch." Then, there's the keyboard dock but it appears to me that it's only good when using it on a desk.

Yeah netbook makers... watch out indeed.

 

[iMacmatician]

I think I'll wait till the iPad comes with a camera and disc drive.

Really?

 

[nagromme]

Hey, Apple has a sub-$500 computer on the market again And this time the price includes the screen.

This device could nicely replace 99% of what people I know do with a computer.

 

[pooryou]

Price is too expensive for such a limited device.

 

[goodmacman]

iPad - Apple branded sanitary towel

Maybe others have already said this but I think it is great a technology company as good as apple getting into feminine hygiene business.

 

[*LTD*]

LMAO @ the Apple cult members who are declaring This will be HUGE! and It will SELL LIKE HOTCAKES! Lol

Did I miss them announcing the price points???

Because knowing Apple, this thing will cost EASILY $500 neighborhood... In which case it WILL NOT sell like hotcakes.

The Kindle sells like hotcakes because it's affordable and does only one task, and does it well.

This is not a Kindle. It's a giant iPod Touch and it WILL not cost the same as a Kindle.

iCal'd.

Next time, remove your brain from the MR bubble. MR is in no way a reflection of reality.

Netbook makers just got their cheap a$$es handed to them.