Apple Tablet Scheduled to Begin Shipping in March? Two Different Material Casings Being Considered?

trekkie604 said:
2010 Year of the tablet? I wouldn't mind this Lenovo:

2vtv2gy.jpg


We'll see what Apple does with theirs.
Click to expand...

This looks horrible.

Who designs that crap?
 
Lucamegh said:
iSlate:

- PA Semi Processor (??? GHz)
- 10.1" Multi-Touch Screen
- Magic Slate Interface
- 2GB of RAM
- 80 GB
- Wi-Fi and 3G
- GPS
- A USB Port
- SD Card Slot
Price: $ 699

- PA Semi Processor (??? GHz)
- 10.1" Multi-Touch Screen
- Magic Slate Interface
- 2GB of RAM
- 120 GB
- Wi-Fi and 3G
- GPS
- A USB Port
- SD Card Slot
Price: $ 799

Optional $ 69 Dock
Click to expand...

I'll buy the dock then. :eek:
 
Digitalclips said:
LOL, well said. They are the ones with the pitch forks heading to the castle usually ;)

BUT ... even if it were true Apple won't fail! I paid close to $500 each for two iPod 60 GIGs years ago. They are still used almost daily and we never regretted the purchase but they are only MP3 players! The same cost for something right out of Star Trek ... sign me up :)
Click to expand...

You got ripped, you just don't realise it. Apple depends on people like you to bend over and take it in the ass repeatedly.
 
$1000 seems a bit steep for an over sized iPod touch but I'll wait until I see this thing and its price-tag before passing any judgment. (Doesn't WSJ have a rather poor record in the rumor department?)

My current Mac is a 4 year old Macbook that I'm looking to replace soon. If the tablet is any good, I might go for an iMac and get the tablet as well for the limited occasions where I need mobile computing. It would probably be cheaper than getting a MBP.
 
Compile 'em all said:
Abysmal? From where the heck are you pulling out these numbers?

In the first month, the iPhone was pretty much sold out everywhere and stock was scarce. Just look up threads here on macrumors of members trying to locate stores stocking the iPhone without longass lines. And yes, $600 was expensive.

lay down the pipe.
Click to expand...

Sold out doesn't mean it sold well. It just means stock was scarce. I'm not pulling any numbers out of anywhere and the pipe is down. Check it out for yourself :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IPhone_sales_per_quarter_simple.svg

800px-IPhone_sales_per_quarter_simple.svg.png


Yes, the initial price drop helped sales, and yes, the 3G is what really launched the iPhone. I know facts aren't as fun as revised history, but they still remain, a 600$ iPhone, and a subsequent cheaper but lacking 3G and MMS iPhone sold very badly.
 
BjarkiS said:
$1000 seems a bit steep for an over sized iPod touch but I'll wait until I see this thing and its price-tag before passing any judgment. (Doesn't WSJ have a rather poor record in the rumor department?)

My current Mac is a 4 year old Macbook that I'm looking to replace soon. If the tablet is any good, I might go for an iMac and get the tablet as well for the limited occasions where I need mobile computing. It would probably be cheaper than getting a MBP.
Click to expand...

The WSJ has an excellent record when it comes to Apple products because Apple only talks to them and the NYT. Keep mind though that they don't know specifics and that is the kind of thing Apple keeps to themselves until the introduction.
 
...

Obviously they are toying with plastic vs aluminum and will probobly end up picking plastic. I don't think people will buy this. At the same price as a macbook it will do the "toy" functions like videos, chatting etc but due to not having a physical keyboard will be limited on real production type things. I may as well just buy a macbook which does everything. There are things they could do with this though that would blow my mind so I am not ruling it out totally but still its going to be a very hard sell if it doesn't have any crazy features
 
digiguy23 said:
What happened to Apple's secrecy? Did it fly out the window?
Click to expand...

What concrete info do we now have? We have page upon page here of posts of people guessing what the tablet will be and we don't really even know if there is a tablet other than the usual rumors. Nothing has changed in regards to Apple.
 
Compile 'em all said:
This looks horrible.

How designs that crap?
Click to expand...

Yet if Apple had came out with it, it would've been "gorgeous" and "another example of great Apple innovation!" and "Again, the naysayers that said a laptop was better than a tablet have been proven wrong, Apple offers best of breed and best of both worlds in one package!"

Seriously, you need to lay down the pipe. :rolleyes:
 
A few things I'm really excited for the Apple Tablet, I'll probably pick up one unless it's ridiculously expensive (ie. $2-3000). Here's a few things in terms of what I'm guessing the features might be.

Display - Definitely a color display that can do video, right now a b&w tablet wouldn't be groundbreaking. I'm guessing that they would probably use the Pixel Qi's e-ink/lcd displays.

Input - In terms of the input method I think that they'll be 2 touchscreens.
The first will be in the display in the front and will act in a similar method to the iPod Touch/IPhone. Used for games, launching apps, etc and will probably be able to recognize more gestures.
The second one will be on the back, maybe the entire back or a specified area which will be used for keyboard input, possibly a few other things (gestures?). This one would probably have haptic feedback for the user.

Anyways looking forward to see what Apple comes up with the end of this month.
 
eyephone said:
1,000 bucks or not if they get it right as a device, I will prolly buy a new one every year.

For the same reason I buy each iteration of the iphone.
Click to expand...

Apple users break down into 2 camps: those with money, and those without. Guess which users Apple prefers?
 
newdeal said:
Obviously they are toying with plastic vs aluminum and will probobly end up picking plastic. I don't think people will buy this. At the same price as a macbook it will do the "toy" functions like videos, chatting etc but due to not having a physical keyboard will be limited on real production type things. I may as well just buy a macbook which does everything. There are things they could do with this though that would blow my mind so I am not ruling it out totally but still its going to be a very hard sell if it doesn't have any crazy features
Click to expand...

Your logic fails straight out of the starting gate. True, plastic might be lightweight and cheaper, but it doesn't have the durability or strength that aluminum would give to the product. Nor does plastic aid in cooling the electronics the way aluminum would. I expect this device would get pretty warm, just like any of the notebooks, but with an aluminum body, it wouldn't discolor and warp the way plastic would.

Follow this with your next comment about 'toy' functions; the lack of a physical keyboard has little effect on the iPhone/iPod Touch's capabilities, and certainly doesn't seem to have had an effect on their sales. In fact, if the Apple tablet device is as much an advance over other tablets as the iPhone was over other smartphones, then I expect a physical keyboard would be more of a hindrance than a help for the device. An auxiliary, plug-in keyboard (or maybe the already existent Bluetooth keyboard) might allow it to work as a 'laptop' on occasion. But if you understand what a tablet originally was--a pad of paper with a hardened back for writing while standing/walking--then anything with a keyboard can not even be called a tablet. This also means that the Apple tablet should be a truly mobile device, usable anywhere, anytime, even while walking down the street; something no other 'equivalent' device can really do.
 
GoodWatch said:
Price aside, I noticed one interesting remark in the title post: that about electronic newspapers. Apple is known for being able to a create a huge momentum, friend and foe alike agree about that. As I write this, only one Dutch publisher has adopted an e-reader to distribute its newspaper. It's the same story as with cars running on hydrogen: the car manufacturers are waiting for companies to set-up a network of hydrogen stations and vice-versa. The 'iSlate' could propel electronic publishing into mainstream. Giving the screen used will be able to deliver...... Up to now I shy away from reading large amounts of text on a computer screen because it just cannot match paper.
Click to expand...

and like AT&T has done with the iPhone, the print media will do with the tablet.
They will subsidize the tablet for a subscription.
 
I think $1,000 is realistic for a Tablet if it actually has the power of a Macbook or Macbook Air. Otherwise, what's the use? I don't just want a 10" iPod Touch. I want something that runs all my real Apps, like Word, and iWork. I want to work with images for clients in Photoshop on the fly, at the work site. Plus carry my full iTunes library and iPhoto library. Why would anyone think you could do this for only $300 more than the 64GB iPod Touch and $300 less than the basic Macbook?

If the Rumors are true about a Tablet, I think we should withhold judgement as to the fairness of its price until we have seen what the product really is. There is an enormous spectrum that the product could ultimately fall into that greatly varies the value and likely asking price.
 
sampro said:
ya me too, at $1,000 no one will buy it, stocks will go down at that price and apple will loose money...
Click to expand...

agreed

I could justify getting one maxed out maybe at 800 after tax

Guess we just have to see official release and see what all it comes with. Who knows they could be gearing it to compete with ds, psp, kindle, and netbooks all at same time and possibly pull it off. Too much in the air as of now.
 
If this thing is advanced as much as I hope it'll be, I don't think $1000 is high at all. Bleeding edge technology is hardly ever affordable when introduced. I freaked out by how much the MBA and iPhone were when they first came out. I don't think Apple is affraid of a $1000 price tag.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Back
Top