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[behindthepen]

[Batman Likes The Sox]

The MLB app with live game video and audio with overlay of info on top of it seems pretty cool.

[LoweSox]

Yeah, MLB.tv on a tablet with decent 3/4G = bought.

[Batman Likes The Sox]

[Worst Trade Evah]

Jobs still looks terrible.



I'd kill for this thing, but it's going to be too expensive. $500 yes, $1000 not a chance. Maybe in a year or two. Still waiting to get an iPhone, for that matter.

Edited by Worst Trade Evah, 27 January 2010 - 01:58 PM.

[DukeSox]

Yeah, MLB.tv on a tablet with decent 3/4G = bought.

There is no 3G, only wireless.

So you can only use that functionality in a place with wireless already. Not nearly as cool.

[LoweSox]

Jobs still looks terrible.



I'd kill for this thing, but it's going to be too expensive. $500 yes, $1000 not a chance. Maybe in a year or two. Still waiting to get an iPhone, for that matter.

If this is $600, I'll pull the trigger at release. I spent $2300 for a convertible tablet two summers ago, so I'm a sucker for this movement.

[E5 Yaz]

10 reasons to wait

http://www.dailyfina...-.../19330378/#

[Worst Trade Evah]

18 years ago I was recruited to work for Momenta Computers. They had huge talent and deep venture capital funding -- and came up with bupkis. It was a neat design, but people got so focused on the things pens were good for, they forgot how awesome paper can be. There's a long legacy of failure for these kinds of machines, but I guess success is inevitable.

Edited by Worst Trade Evah, 27 January 2010 - 02:07 PM.

[AlNipper49]

I'll be waiting until it has 3g but my price point raised after seeing it. I also want to really use it a san ereader and I'm skeptical it'll look as good as eink.

[Vinho Tinto]

10 reasons to wait

http://www.dailyfina...-.../19330378/#

They're not even done with the presentation and we already have our first internet flinging of poop.

We have a new record!

[behindthepen]

10 reasons to wait

http://www.dailyfina...-.../19330378/#

thats basically an argument not to own a nice cellphone. or a nice TV.

[SeanBerry]

Ideally, you would carry your iPad everywhere, right? Well... where do I put it? It's looks to big to fit in my pocket and most Americans (especially males) don't want to carry around a backpack all day.

That's where it's losing me... the convenience of it....

[djhb20]

There is a 3G model.

Edited by djhb20, 27 January 2010 - 02:15 PM.

[zenter]

I'll be waiting until it has 3g but my price point raised after seeing it. I also want to really use it a san ereader and I'm skeptical it'll look as good as eink.

[AlNipper49]

There is a 3G model.

do tell me more

[Sille Skrub]

It's looks to big to fit in my pocket and most Americans (especially males) don't want to carry around a backpack all day.

It's called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.

Is this thing really $1,000?

[AlNipper49]

oh awesome he's talking about it now

[Eck Master]

Ideally, you would carry your iPad everywhere, right? Well... where do I put it? It's looks to big to fit in my pocket and most Americans (especially males) don't want to carry around a backpack all day.

That's where it's losing me... the convenience of it....

didn't you get a free manpurse with your scarf?

[djhb20]

$15/mo for 250MB or $30/mo for unlimited, with AT&T, no contract, all pre-paid.

Sounds nice to me....

[zenter]

It's called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.

Is this thing really $1,000?

Looks like no.

[PortlandSoxFan]

3G on AT&T? That will do wonders for their network congestion in big cities.

[Vinho Tinto]

"What should we price it at........?"

$500

Edited by Vinho Tinto, 27 January 2010 - 02:19 PM.

[JRedburn]

$499. Damn.

[AlNipper49]

pricing starts at 499

[Batman Likes The Sox]

$499!

[finnVT]

"What should we price it at........?"

$499... wow. That got my attention...

[Eck Master]

$500 just caused lots of tech writers to rewrite their column.

[zenter]

pricing starts at 499

The one you probably want's at 830.

[djhb20]

$499 is surely for the 16GB, non-3G version.

ETA: Yup, an extra $130 for 3G.

Ah, plus, no camera? Bummer. Not being able to video-chat with this strikes me as a major drawback.

Edited by djhb20, 27 January 2010 - 02:22 PM.

[JRedburn]

Apple's stock hit a nice upswing with the price point announcement.

[The Filthy One]

I'll go ahead and say at $499, with all of those features, this can be a game-changing device for publishing. Certainly, the textbook market is in for changes, but that's not news to them. I'll be curious to see exactly how the iBookstore works. I would love it if Apple could take a big bite out of Amazon's ass, but I'm still skeptical.

[B H Kim]

[Buck Showalter]

They're not even done with the presentation and we already have our first internet flinging of poop.

We have a new record!

Maybe true...but until someone answers this:

It won't replace your smartphone, which you carry around in your pocket, or your laptop, which needs a keyboard. Will you want to pay nearly $1,000 to carry around a tablet, along with your mobile phone, your work BlackBerry, your laptop, and your Kindle?

Then the iPad is probably more for tech enthusiasts then a tool for those in business.

[Haunted]

I'm stunned at the price point.

For the people (like me!) who are looking for an inexpensive laptop to sit on the couch and surf the internet and maybe do a few other things, $499 is a fantastic price.

[Vinho Tinto]

Does it provide blowjobs?

[AlNipper49]

The one you probably want's at 830.

A few hundred bucks isn't a big deal for me, I use this stuff a lot

[LoweSox]

10 reasons to wait

http://www.dailyfina...-.../19330378/#

While I'll agree with the points about new technology and how it'll be obsolete almost immediately, I found most of that article irritating. The author referenced netbooks. Seriously. He'd rather pay $400 for one of the most compromised computing experiences ever than potentially $500-700 for the first step in the portable interface of the next decade.

I don't have a smart phone, and probably never will so long as Nokia keeps making indestructible blocks, and this thing is a multifunction device that will do just like its proponents say: bridge the gap between laptops and smartphones, not compete with either exclusively. As a handheld device in the home or seated in public, the multifunction device will be the standard. Saying it isn't now means nothing. These won't be used for word processing, and the messaging you'll use it for will eventually utilize something like TikiNote or gesture shorthand with a stylus/finger tip. And I live in Montana and nobody's mugging anybody, for a number of reasons.

The worst part of it is the overarching naysay of tablets in general. "The Windows tablet didn't work--there's a reason." I absolutely hate that. It's like saying, "Hovercraft/rocket packs/supersonic airplanes didn't work out--so obviously they never will."

So it comes back to the points about price and whether buying into the first round of a device paradigm is ever the most prudent thing to do. This is always the argument and this release is (note, Apple fans) no different.

I want a handheld internet and e-reader device that doesn't suck. I'd pay $600+ for it. People who'd rather drop $200 here and there on compromises seem even less sensible to me.

[zenter]

Then the iPad is probably more for tech enthusiasts then a tool for those in business.

Or... It's the thing for all those non-techie non-power-business users who sit on their couches and surf while watching TV. Meaning a whole lot of people.

[Vinho Tinto]

Then the iPad is probably more for tech enthusiasts then a tool for those in business.

I predict their bread and butter will be colleges. Textbook? Fuck that mongoloid nonsense, give me something to download on to my IPad.

[zenter]

Ouch. No multi-tasking. That's frustrating for people like me.

[LoweSox]

$500 just caused lots of tech writers to rewrite their column.

Here, here.

[Foulkey Reese]

I'm stunned at the price point.

For the people (like me!) who are looking for an inexpensive laptop to sit on the couch and surf the internet and maybe do a few other things, $499 is a fantastic price.

Same. I will probably shell out the money for the 3G, but the prices seem very reasonable. This thing is going to make a fortune.

[LoweSox]

I predict their bread and butter will be colleges. Textbook? Fuck that mongoloid nonsense, give me something to download on to my IPad.

Yeah, it's probably annoying how often I take over presentations when in bookstores about how everyone should buy digital. Scoliosis: solved.

[Foulkey Reese]

So the Kindle is pretty much dead now right?

[Saturnian]

This is pretty cool for those hoping for a keyboard.

[Haunted]

Same. I will probably shell out the money for the 3G, but the prices seem very reasonable. This thing is going to make a fortune.

While it's obviously more convenient, the extra cash plus the monthly charge (did I hear $60 per month?) probably isn't worth it to me. I've had an iPod Touch (wi-fi only) and just got a Droid (both wi-fi & 3G), so I'm familiar with using products with both feature sets, and still wouldn't think it's worth it. To me, anyway.

[LoweSox]

This is pretty cool for those hoping for a keyboard.

Lenovo has a pretty cool design for combining keyboard with carrying shell in their newest tablets. Apple looks like they've adopted it well.