The Apple Tablet Is Here, And It's Called the iPad • Hacker News Board

Re: The Apple Tablet Is Here, And It's Called the iPad

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Post by pavs » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 7:16 PM UTC

anonjon wrote: post #12

ynterestingly, Fujitsu already have this particular product name trademark and apple has been trying to wrestle yt away from them for a while now. yt ys an ynteresting feat of branding that apple has been able to establish president that they have claim to any name starting with the letter i. (The same thing happened with Cisco and the iPhone). Personally, y've always found that particular piece of branding obnoxious…

you accidentally, i.

Re: The Apple Tablet Is Here, And It's Called the iPad

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Post by RyanMcGreal » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 7:16 PM UTC

No keyboard. Less space than a netbook. Lame.

Re: The Apple Tablet Is Here, And It's Called the iPad

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 7:17 PM UTC

khelloworld wrote: post #17

It seems their main target is the macbook-buying college student. I wish this thing doesn't cost more than 499 ($599 max).

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Re: The Apple Tablet Is Here, And It's Called the iPad

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Post by joubert » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 7:19 PM UTC

Starts at $499. Suck that, netbooks.

Re: The Apple Tablet Is Here, And It's Called the iPad

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 7:19 PM UTC

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Re: The Apple Tablet Is Here, And It's Called the iPad

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Post by khelloworld » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 7:19 PM UTC

khelloworld wrote: post #17

It seems their main target is the macbook-buying college student. I wish this thing doesn't cost more than 499 ($599 max).

499 it is!!! Yay!

Re: The Apple Tablet Is Here, And It's Called the iPad

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Post by spamizbad » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 7:20 PM UTC

i was underwhelmed until I heard the price: at $499 this thing is going to be a huge hit.

Re: The Apple Tablet Is Here, And It's Called the iPad

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Post by edd » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 7:20 PM UTC

joubert wrote: post #24

Starts at $499. Suck that, netbooks.

And $629 unlocked to take to what ever 3g network you want.

Re: The Apple Tablet Is Here, And It's Called the iPad

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 7:21 PM UTC

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Re: The Apple Tablet Is Here, And It's Called the iPad

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Post by blehn » Wed, Jan 27, 2010, 7:21 PM UTC

It was great how Steve fully acknowledged the problem with tablets, "So all of us use laptops and smartphones... the question has arisen; is there room for something in the middle. We've wondered for years as well -- in order to create that category, they have to be far better at doing some key tasks... better than the laptop, better than the smartphone."

Then he proceeded to introduce a device that underperforms vs either smartphones or laptops in almost every way.