2010: the year of the iPad / iSlate / Apple tablet (Apple haters move on please...)

[clippedgull]

I'm going to ask the same question, what does this give you that another portable device cannot, i.e mini laptop?

For starters, no hard drive, long battery life, and multi touch!

I'm not saying it's a must have, but i'm getting one!

 

[clippedgull]

Built in 3g and wi fi

 

[clippedgull]

unlimited plan in us over 3g $29.99 per month no contract!

 

[clippedgull]

all 3g Ipads are unlocked International plans being negotiated for june/july

 

[wehatepalace]

When will it be released here ?

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I wonder how Amazon Kindle will survive the iPad...

 

[Husty]

For starters, no hard drive, long battery life, and multi touch!

I'm not saying it's a must have, but i'm getting one!

I would rather have a netbook, has a physical keyboard for starters, this has nothing what so ever to do with apple, but this devices measly benefits are far outweighed by its negatives (have to hold it constantly, not a real OS, slow, not a real OS, not a real OS, not a real OS e.t.c.)

 

[clippedgull]

$499! Starting Price!

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Wow, $499.

 

[Husty]

god it is cheap though, i would pick one up but i would need an extended period of time with it first to decide if it is actually WORTH getting as i just cant see when i would use it over my traditional (faster) netbook.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I would rather have a netbook, has a physical keyboard for starters, this has nothing what so ever to do with apple, but this devices measly benefits are far outweighed by its negatives (have to hold it constantly, not a real OS, slow, not a real OS, not a real OS, not a real OS e.t.c.)

What do you mean, not a real OS? Of course it's a real OS! It's OS X!

 

[clippedgull]

60 days wi fi worldwide

90 days 3g worldwide

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Change the dollar signs to pound signs and you'll have UK prices.

 

[clippedgull]

 

[clippedgull]

I would rather have a netbook, has a physical keyboard for starters, this has nothing what so ever to do with apple, but this devices measly benefits are far outweighed by its negatives (have to hold it constantly, not a real OS, slow, not a real OS, not a real OS, not a real OS e.t.c.)

It will still sell millions!

 

[Husty]

$499! Starting Price!

f***ing typical apple that, a wifi chip DOES NOT cost $120, honestly who do they think they are, this baby aint gona get any marketshare.

 

[Husty]

What do you mean, not a real OS? Of course it's a real OS! It's OS X!

Oh is it? Just looked like a very high resolution iphone OS to me, if it is REAL OSX e.g. the same as on the mac then suddenly i can see it concieveably working, but from what i can tell its a locked OS with the only way to get things on it is to download them off the app store

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

f***ing typical apple that, a wifi chip DOES NOT cost $120, honestly who do they think they are, this baby aint gona get any marketshare.

Oh yes it will!

 

[Husty]

Oh yes it will!

Well yes of the tablet market, its never going to stand up next to any netbook, my Dell Netbook with Ubuntu looks much more valuable frankly, i can do so much more with it. (And it is VERY cheap)

 

[cw00]

waste of time and money..