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

[str1f3]

does unlocked mean i can use on verizon?????

Unlocked means only wi-fi. There is no USB port.

 

[hwhalers]

does unlocked mean i can use on verizon?????

Just as soon as Verizon flicks the switch on their GSM network.

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

Physical media is getting less and less popular. You'll be waiting a long time for a tablet with an optical drive.

 

[ChadJK]

At&t? Fail!

At&t? Fail!

 

[MacDannny]

No contract, and it's unlocked fyi.

well, $30 a month for data.

 

[sara123456]

does this have GPS? as it would go nice in my car if some made me a dock.

 

[jennyp]

Maybe in the future it'll be able to run MultiFinder.

 

[Gix1k]

Enough on this dumb bigPod. On to the phone....Phone may get that processor...oh oh!!

 

[azsprty]

So i guess no need to worry about iphone losing value by heading somewhere else anytime soon

 

[Shivetya]

thank You Apple

I will not feel one bit guilty skipping this thing.


and to think I thought the Tragic Mouse was going to be the big stupid of the year.

 

[SirHaakon]

If it had OSX and ports, this would be the iMac mini.

Except not...

Mac mini has flash. Mac mini has simultaneous multiple apps. Mac mini has an optical drive (and usb, and firewire, and ethernet, so on and so on...)

 

[snugharbor]

Somebody mentioned Stephen Fry. Who is he? He's a British actor and TV personality. He has weird nose always facing his left side, he is trying to appear intelligent, while he appears rather dumb and he must be the biggest snob in the world. I bet he will love the tablet. We are only days away from seeing these self-conscious people in Starbucks with their artificially busy looks and brand new Apple tablet. Personally, I'm going back to paper and pen. Anybody wants an iPhone?

Actually Stephen Fry is a great author and was wonderful in the series "Jeeves and Wooster" along with the actor who stars in HOUSE. The late Douglas Adams was fanboy as well but wouldn't call him arrogant. They're not arrogant they are just British;

 

[dazzer21]

Does that keyboard dock work in landscape mode?

 

[emulator]

Not a jumbo iPhone. Doesn't appear to have a 'phone' app.

true. it's a jumbo iPod Touch.

 

[Scarpad]

These are kinda neat from a gee whiz angle but my Netbool a Dell Mini 10v can already do most of this and it cost me under $300

 

[LagunaSol]

Um. The 10 inch Kindle DX is $499.

Double ouch for Amazon - I was looking at the 6" model.

Farewell, Kindle.

 

[BlasphemyCool]

Another superfluous device ala Apple TV.

Apple TV + Macbook Air + iPad

Hmrph.

 

[Yr Blues]

Pass

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

It has a compass, I am pretty sure it has GPS.

 

[decadentdave]

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

The iPad is definitely a Chick computer.

 

[gnasher729]

This is a nightmare. A nightmare.

An ipod touch with a big screen. They've gone mad. What a sideral fail.

We should have a collection of all "fail" posts and republish them when Apple announces ten million sold. And Gartner won't count them as "computers" so Acer and Toshiba can dream on about being ahead in the game.

 

[Prof.]

I'm not really all that impressed. It's just one, big, glorified iPod touch. It's affordable enough for me to buy one, but I think I might wait till the 2nd gen comes out...? IDK, I'll see.

 

[maflynn]

I'm not sold on it.

I may be tempted to buy one, but since I have to wait 2-3 months, it will give me time to ponder. My MBP and iPhone appears to be more then enough.

I'm curious as to how this will be embraced by the consumer. Other tablet computers failed, and I see little that would cause people to flock to this device.

 

[3882303]

Come onnnnnn Macbooks.

 

[*LTD*]

The more I see the engadget feed, the more I want one of these things.

 

[calderone]

This is hilarious. Let's start it at $499! But if you want 32GB of space, add on another hundred! Want more? Add on another hundred to that! Want 3G with that 64GB, add on $130!

If anything this will kill the base Macbook. but as a product by itself, it's lacking a lot of features netbooks have. And reading books on an IPS display = FAIL

Do you even know what IPS is?

What you should have said is: Reading books on an LCD display = FAIL. There is nothing about an IPS display that makes reading books worse. At least in everything else will look gorgeous due to the superior color reproduction and the best viewing angles in the industry.

But, I don't think you know what an IPS display is, given what you said above.