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Book Publishers Offer Details on Apple's Tablet Plans?

IMO....

MacTablet = $499
7-8" screen, iPhone on steroids

MacTablet Pro = $999
10-11" screen, closer to a MB in power with far more capabilities than smaller version

Both will be subsidized with either data plan or possible 2-year subscription to an Apple ebook/emagazine service (like Audible but for print)

(I'm just guessing at this point, we'll see on Wednesday) :cool:
 
kingtj said:
That's the lowest price estimate I've seen, yet, for the tablet.
But I could definitely see that as a possible "subsidized price" if you commit to a 2 year data plan for it with Verizon or AT&T. (A Motorola Droid phone's retail price is $599 before any contract, for example - yet you can buy it for $199 with a 2 year contract.)
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I agree. I can not see why it would not be subsidized and locked. It is difficult to imagine the tablet being both more advanced than an Iphone and less expensive than an Iphone.
 
I was hoping for a great, lightweight battery-life-toting, thin note taking device with ilife and iwork capabilities.

I would easily pay over the 1000 dollar mark for the "Right" tablet product.

I spent 1600 bucks on a Motion LE1700 last year, that is a great product, but only touches on a few of the things that I would like.

-Le1700 slate tablet is too thick and heavy to be carried like a pad or notebook
-Windows 7 handwriting recognition is great, but the over all implementation of tablet and stylus friendly aspects within the OS is not great.
-Standard battery life gives me about 1 hour and ten minutes until automatic hibernation, which keeps me constantly monitoring screen brightness and time.
-ULV single core (battery saving) processors mean note taking and internet only.
-Large file transfers and actual production on these machines is menacing.

If apple gets it right, they have my funds for pretty much any amount.

I have a feeling that this thing will not have a stylus, as this seems like a dated input device idea, but I would be looking to replace my LE1700 and my actual note pad with this device. I think we can all agree that an on screen-touch screen keyboard is not going to suffice for fast and complete note taking, sketching, etc.
 
I say it'll be free.

I mean, why not, since we're all pulling numbers out of our butts.

Nobody even knows what this thing will do or what hardware it'll do it with, and you goofballs are already hanging a price tag on it?

It's all been nothing but rumors thus far. The wed even could very well be completely tablet-unrelated.
 
Considering the iPhone, without a contract, costs around $500-600, then this unit can easily fall in a price higher than that, but probably lower than the $1000 price point.

However, the truth is this, with rumors being only the deciding factor on these pricing estimates, its tough to say the true value of these items. If it ends up being a new kind of e-reader, better not be priced more than $300. If it is an iphone with a larger screen, better not cost more than $500-600. However, say it's a dynamic device which can connect to a computer and through software apps, work as various other equipments (i.e.: a keyboard, multitouch trackpad for a desktop or for creative users, become a drawing tablet or interface system that works with pro apps) while carrying the basic functions of a free standing e-reader and large screen iphone, then i'd pay upwards of $1000 for it.

IN short, too early to say what we would want to pay for the device considering we know so little about it or even have an official confirmatino that it will be announced on wednesday...
 
iscripter said:
You can pretty much count on the new tablet being around $500 US price point. Pretty much all of their new non computer gadgets have started at the $500 price point. When the original 5Gb iPod came out it was $500 and when the origainal iPhone came out it was $500. The only thing that was not $500 when it first came out was the AppleTV and iPod Touch.

And the Kindle DX is currently priced at $489 with the Nook priced at $259. So it's safe to say the price is going to be around $500. But I would be curious to see if they are going to subsidize the price with a cell phone data plan.
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It was actually $600, not $500. $100 was given back 4 months later, but the original price was $600
 
SirHaakon said:
If it's $500, you can pretty much count on it being nothing more than a "bigger iPhone."
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Not necessarily. Apple may be relying on the sale of books to help their profit margins. Much like Sony loses money on the PS3 hardware in hopes of profiting on software. I'm not saying it will be as drastic as that situation. But could be similar.
 
TimTheEnchanter said:
IMO....

MacTablet = $499
7-8" screen, iPhone on steroids

MacTablet Pro = $999
10-11" screen, closer to a MB in power with far more capabilities than smaller version

Both will be subsidized with either data plan or possible 2-year subscription to an Apple ebook/emagazine service (like Audible but for print)

(I'm just guessing at this point, we'll see on Wednesday) :cool:
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There won't be a "pro".
 
ThunderSkunk said:
I say it'll be free.

I mean, why not, since we're all pulling numbers out of our butts.

Nobody even knows what this thing will do or what hardware it'll do it with, and you goofballs are already hanging a price tag on it?

It's all been nothing but rumors thus far. The wed even could very well be completely tablet-unrelated.
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Boooooo! Go back to the moon! This is a RUMOR site. Of course all of our conjecture is based on rumors. The Macfacts.com site will be launched on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Nowhere near $1,000.

$1,799 Base model, 64 GB, 6 inch screen
$2,199 Professional model, 128 GB, 10 inch screen
$2,899 Ultimate model, 512 GB, 10 inch screen, faster graphics

(Numbers pulled out from butt)
 
iOrlando said:
they will have 2 versions with different storage.

the thing that makes most sense is $799 and $899.
cant go to $999, that is the macbook.
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I can't see it being $899 either, because that's the EDU MacBook, and it looks like Apple will be targeting students with this.
 
omg please let this be Penguin Publishers and many of my University Books save me carrying them home and what not :)
 
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Rootman said:
Xbox is sold for less than it costs to make. Apple could go that way.
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The same way as Microsoft ?? I don't think so. Apple likes there profit margins!!!
 
SirHaakon said:
If it's $500, you can pretty much count on it being nothing more than a "bigger iPhone."
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Yea, I'm very curious about the pricing myself. Looking at their recent/current lineup, the cheapest unsubsidized mobile devices were iPhones, and even they were in the mid-high hundreds.

I wonder how they can produce a cool, desirable device such as the Tablet at decent prices and still maintain those nice Apple profit margins. Perhaps the print industry will subsidize the cost of the device, much as at&t and other phone carriers subsidize the iPhone?

Apple would be able to sell high-quality products at more affordable prices, publishers would increase their sales and reduce distribution costs, and customers would have a more convenient, cheaper way of getting their "print" content!
 
arkitect said:
:eek::confused:
You're hoping for that?
Right now USD500 = £308 or €353
Why would you wish it to be = £500 or €500?

Makes no sense.
;)
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We also have a sales tax (VAT) in the UK, which will add another 17.5% to that, so would ideally be a mere £361.

I would buy one in a heartbeat if it was that cheap. No chance. The SIM free iPhone 3GS 16gb is £440, so I can't see it coming in anywhere under £500. I'd be very very happy to be wrong though.....:D
 
Eidorian said:
I thought eReaders were expensive...
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It's expensive for an ebook reader...I am hoping it's not only that, of course. :rolleyes:

Another possibility: to have 2 models, one cheaper and another closer or even above the 1,000 mark (my preference considering potential capabilities).

I do NOT want a bigger iPhone...please, Apple.
 
$500 price point is key

If it's $499 and does little more than function as big iPod touch and eReader there'll be one headed my way soon.

I can see how others would buy at $799 if the tablet is a serious "getting things done" tool, but my current lifestyle simply does not require or permit much work on the go. When I'm within range of a friendly WiFi signal I usually have access to a Mac so I won't be able to justify paying that much.
 
Regarding price, and I know this sounds ridiculous, but given jobs's remarks perhaps this thing will actually be affordable. I know Apple does ridiculously high margins, but perhaps if this will be as monumental as jobs appears to think they just want to set off a paradigm shift and flood the market with them to set the new standard of how we interact with computers. I know if anyone can do such a thing, its apple, seeing as they've literally changed the world 3 times already.

Just some food for thought.
 
There are going to be a lot of people disappointed Wednesday. Not because they don't like the new tablet but because they won't be able to speculate about it any longer.

Concerning the media world: half will have to stop writing about the damn thing and go back to what they were doing before the rumors got hot: writing about Tiger Woods. The other half have never heard of Apple or tablets and have continued to write about Tiger Woods.

I, on the other hand, get to keep writing about it because the real excitement will be when inventive publishers actually start designing their products for the tablet. My hope is that Jobs will be able to demo a magazine or newspaper on Wednesday -- one that doesn't look like it could be read on a Kindle -- lots of embedded video, motion, and sound.
 
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