Could the tablet be the reason for the HUGE data center that Apple is building??? I remember everyone speculating on what the data center would be used for a while back...
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Apple Tablet Scheduled to Begin Shipping in March? Two Different Material Casings Being Considered?
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Maybe, but what's the point of speculating. None of this will come out soon. Right now Apple has NO subscription services and their only cloud services are iTunes and MobileMe. iWork.com is not even worth mentioning...Ooops!
I think we'll find out on the 27th. My gut tells me Apple wants to send out invites "sometime during" CES just to bug them. So anytime between Thursday and next Monday we will see those invites.
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I'm not sure why I'm not reading more people saying this is clearly an inaccurate amount of money! No freakin' way is Apple going to charge that much, it would cannibalize their current markets, and it's too new of a tech for a 4 digit price tag. 500/600 will be the max price.
Weren't there quite a few stories in the past months about how we'd be surprised at how cheap it'd be?
I'm not sure why I'm not reading more people saying this is clearly an inaccurate amount of money! No freakin' way is Apple going to charge that much, it would cannibalize their current markets, and it's too new of a tech for a 4 digit price tag. 500/600 will be the max price.
Weren't there quite a few stories in the past months about how we'd be surprised at how cheap it'd be?
Apple would rather cannibalize their current markets than let someone else do it. They've shown this time and again.
This was the argument made at Gap Inc. in the late 90's for Old Navy. I agree completely.
I'm interested in seeing how it's executed. Not going to lie.. I'd buy it if it were anything like the touchscreen experience of the iPod Touch/iPhone. I'd use it as a secondary device to my Macbook. I just love gadgets no matter how useless...
hah! Me too. hard to justify $1000 (or whatever UK price will be) when I have a perfectly good Macbook. Any advice on how to convince a money concious wife?
I think that this screen technology IN COLOR (flexible/scratch proof/shatter proof) with Apple styling is the way to go. .25" thin and weighs approx 1lb. That's portable! Interestingly enough screen was made by LG whom Apple has a screen relationship with. Not sure if it exists in color.
The screen is flexible, yes, but no way the device itself would be flexible.
CNBC just reported from CES that the price points for the Apple tablet are likely to be $799 and $1199. They tend to be pretty close.
BTW I estimated $1100 cash price.
Rocketman
BTW I estimated $1100 cash price.
Rocketman
Yeah me too
I'll wait for it to come down too, just like the Mac Book came down several hundred dollars over the last 10 year . . . no wait, that NEVER happened.
I'll wait for it to come down too, just like the Mac Book came down several hundred dollars over the last 10 year . . . no wait, that NEVER happened.
Wonder what colors the tablet will be? Black and white like the iphone or Black and Aluminum. Decisions, decisions for 
Can't wait to see it!
Decisions, decisions for Can't wait to see it!LOL, this had better be a computer for that price. It's $100 more for a MBP (same price or cheaper on many other sites than Apple's) and I would be surprised people would spend $1100 just to read books and magazines.