An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone -- And It's Not From Apple
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Re: An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone -- And It's Not From Apple
#2An interesting up-and-coming alternative to a recently hyped, closed-platform tablet.
Re: An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone -- And It's Not From Apple
#3This isn't a real product; it's a reference design. What's unclear is whether 199 is what it will cost manufacturers to make or the price it will be on the street.
Re: An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone -- And It's Not From Apple
#4The specs:
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?co...
Also, an article saying they have it running android, chromium os, and ubuntu:
http://www.liliputing.com/2010/01/freescale-tablet-running-c...
Re: An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone -- And It's Not From Apple
#5let's be honest here, noone would expect something "affordable" from Apple, they are a premium brand. It's like BMW coming out with a ~12,000 car....just won't happen.
Re: An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone -- And It's Not From Apple
#6let's be honest here, noone would expect something "affordable" from Apple, they are a premium brand. It's like BMW coming out with a ~12,000 car....just won't happen.
That's not actually true--when Apple innovates, they come with something at a higher price end, but they aggressively push downwards after that. The original iPod was $400. The closest functional equivalent to the original iPod, from Apple, is now $150 (but it's actually a lot better).
Re: An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone -- And It's Not From Apple
#7let's be honest here, noone would expect something "affordable" from Apple, they are a premium brand. It's like BMW coming out with a ~12,000 car....just won't happen.
I'm actually quite shocked people are saying the iPad isn't affordable. This is probably the most affordable overly hyped product Apple has ever released. I was expecting $1,000 just like Steve Jobs said and was blown away when it was as low as it was, and even more blown away by the pay as you go unlimited 3G for $30 a month.
Re: An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone -- And It's Not From Apple
#8Does anyone know if there's an easy way to get something like this to play with? It might be fun to start thinking about iPad killers.
Re: An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone -- And It's Not From Apple
#9let's be honest here, noone would expect something "affordable" from Apple, they are a premium brand. It's like BMW coming out with a ~12,000 car....just won't happen.
That's not actually true--when Apple innovates, they come with something at a higher price end, but they aggressively push downwards after that. The original iPod was $400. The closest functional equivalent to the original iPod, from Apple, is now $150 (but it's actually a lot better).
And you can get comparable (minus the patented touch wheel thingie) mp3 players for 50 bucks.
Re: An Affordable $199 Tablet for Everyone -- And It's Not From Apple
#10Does anyone know if there's an easy way to get something like this to play with? It might be fun to start thinking about iPad killers.
Since it's a reference design I'm guessing they're only sold in batches of 10000 or so to companies who want to slap their own brand name on them. Perhaps if you can call them out and sound like you have the money lined up and are really seriously interested in putting in a 50000 unit order, they might send you a few samples for free.