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Gotta say, apple product launch threads are some of the most amusing ever on urban.
Apple iPad and related items
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Kanda
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ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
It is really. If they're going for the mid-range consumer market, then £500 (plus however much a month for data contract on top of existing mobile contract) is a lot. Most people will shrug and think "It's nice, but I have iPhone and a laptop/netbook, why would I want another device?".
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hiraethified
For most of my mobile needs, I've gone from laptop -> small laptop -> netbook -> iPhone.
I'm not sure why I'd want to start upsizing again.
Kanda
Diving wanker
Vaio P is £900 and doesn't come with a SIM for the SIM slot...
Ah, ok.
<sits back with popcorn to watch the climax to the show over the next 36 hrs>
What time is God on stage tomorrow?
Kanda
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Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Indeed, the Apple Slate sounds better than the iSlate to my ears...
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hiraethified
But there's no shortage of much, much cheaper models offering 3G slots - like the rather attractive Lenono S10-2 which retails for just £250.
It's got great reviews too: http://hothardware.com/Articles/Lenovo-IdeaPad-S102-Review/
Kanda
Diving wanker
But there's no shortage of much, much cheaper models offering 3G slots - like the rather attractive Lenono S10-2 which retails for just £250.
It's got great reviews too: http://hothardware.com/Articles/Lenovo-IdeaPad-S102-Review/
True, hadn't seen them. Tis 'just another netbook' though isn't it.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Depends what the product is really, doesn't it? Their big consumer gadgety products aren't cheap, but neither are they at the £900 mark.
Seems this is going to be a tablet netbook rather than a portable, iPhone-esque reader/player. For £900 I'd want a full OS.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
But for more than 600 quid, forget netbooks, you can get a 17" core i5 full on Dell laptop with Windows 7 and no control from Apple on what you install on it, no contracts required and a huge range of apps and games to play on it. Pretty much no compromises made.
Apples offering might have a funky OS and whatever but of the two I know which I'd buy.
Apples offering might have a funky OS and whatever but of the two I know which I'd buy.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Well exactly. For £900 it's gonna have to be pretty amazing. It'll have to do something different.
Or maybe it won't. Maybe it's like the Macbook Air. Not likely to sell a high volume at all.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
The rumour is that slate has been dumped alltogether and iTablet will be it's name. How true the rumour is though is anyone's guess.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
I think it may be an issue that people will need a tablet and a phone. If you have a phone that does most of what a tablet does are you going to bother with the tablet? Why overload your pockets if you don't need to?
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
LOL! Rumour has it is starting to sound like a euphemism for whatever some tech blog thinks...
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I wonder if you'll be able to tether it to your phone or you will have to get a separate data plan for it?
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
I'm still not convinced by the concept especially at that price.
I await tomorrow with at best a mild interest at the device. Much more interesting to me is a demo of what features version 4 of the the iPhone OS is going to contain.
I've this funny feeling that the world expect Apple to pull some rabbit out of the hat on this and I am expecting no more than Apple TV which I see they still sell, crappy crippled box that it is.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Yeah, same.
My money is going on bike sat nav. Not a big iPhone running Snow Leopard.
It could have gone the other way, but doesn't look like a device aimed at me.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
€499/€899 is even more of a joke then, if that's the case.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
It's not just me, you know:
I imagine Kanda will buy it if it tuns out to be just a glowing inflatable Apple iPillow.
the iDakimakura
Some weird expectations on this thread. I suspect most are going to be sadly disappointed by price, especially if they're going to try and compare it to a sodding Dell laptop of all things.
Needless to say it's a different market entirely. And I really doubt Apple sees that as their competition - they're after all experiencing record profits whilst Dell's market cap decreases with every year
Needless to say it's a different market entirely. And I really doubt Apple sees that as their competition - they're after all experiencing record profits whilst Dell's market cap decreases with every year
the iDakimakura
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Is that actually real - I mean can a fanboi actually hug Steve at night if they wanted too???
I reckon those numbers are utter BS. Why would they need a German friggin' carrier deal worked out for a classic Apple Bay Area launch event?
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
I don't think they're weird in the slightest. The original rumours I saw were all about it being a consumer-targeted reader aimed at a lower price point than the MacBook.
Kanda
Diving wanker
That was about 5 months ago...
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