Waiting on that wow moment, still basically just a huge ipod touch . . .
I think the biggest wow moment might be the price: "pricing starts at $499" is probably something no one would have expected.
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It's possible that touch makes a huge difference. People who never held an iPhone don't understand what's so special about touch, but pretty much all new owners spend first two days not being able to let go of the device poking it with a finger.
Are you sure? I'm a former iPhone owner, and the touch was main of it disadvantages. The touch keyboard is awfully slow. It is a very big step backwards, comparing to Blackberry or Android G1. And, I know, it sells under "don't expect that much it's a phone, you can live with it". As for the tablet, a portable machine - something between a laptop, and phone, I expect an option to use the actual keyboard. Otherwise, i…
"We have another dock that's interesting... the keyboard dock."
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#123Here's a question: Will AAPL de-emphasize the iPod Touch? It seems like the Touch is now in a bit of a no-man's land: It doesn't have a phone or 3GS go-anywhere connectivity, and won't be as compelling as a game or surfing platform.
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I don't understand what you're getting at. You seem to be saying that because this new device builds on years of highly successful platform development that this is a bad thing. I disagree with that.
It's not bad, but it is boring. This event was waaaaaayyyy overhyped.
Can you be a little more specific as to what would have met your expectations?
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#125Waiting on that wow moment, still basically just a huge ipod touch . . .
$499 unlocked... cheaper than the unlocked iphone.. I say possibly wow!
Good price for an unlimited plan, plus unlocked out-of-the-box.
Also, I have good reason to believe that AT&T's exclusivity deal with Apple is ending around June. If that's the case, expect to see other data carriers run with this too.
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#126Normally I don't get excited about apple products. I wasn't super excited about this one either, but I was looking forward to seeing apple 'fix' tablets- that is to say, fix text entry and make a tablet computer more viable. Tablets can keep up with regular computers on everything, except text entry. Writing with a stylus is still imperfect, and so are touchscreen keyboards. Long emails, command prompt usage, and ess…
Keyboard dock was just announced.
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More marketable? Hardly. My mother wants something that she can lie down on a couch with, read books, check email, be relaxed. You can't do that in the iPod comfortably. Note that Steve's doing all this in a comfy chair. That's what this is. It's a comfy chair device.
This is basically a crunchpad - but it's probably be going to be $1000. Yes this device has a niche, but it depends on the price point...
$499 for the base model makes it a whole lot more attractive than the $800-$1000 a lot of us were expecting . . .
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#128If they include a pull-out or pluggable physical keyboard, arranged to allow the pad to stand like a frame, it could be a great replacement for most netbooks and allow for hands-free reading--therefore a Kindle killer as well. Wonder if they have ever considered the idea and reject it simply for the aesthetics of having the simplest, smoothest device possible. Aesthetics is good, but if a small compromise can be made…
You called it.
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#129People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
-- Alan Kay
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#130Waiting on that wow moment, still basically just a huge ipod touch . . .
No phone. Less computing power than a MacBook. Lame.
I get the reference, but can you explain why people want something that is not easily portable in a pocket, but has fewer features than a laptop? If it's basically meant to be an extremely usable netbook (low price, web/email/etc), then I can get behind it.