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

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

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Post by coliveira »

ericd wrote: post #93
borism wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$500 is still twice $250, and at twice the weight of e-reader... I'm not compelled, especially with iPhone OS and App store limitations.

$250 is still a big chunk of change for a lot of people I know, and they're not that compelled by something that just handles books. Yes, many big readers will still choose the dedicated device. My argument is that this steals a big part of its thunder. And the majority of the general populace doesn't give two hoots about iPhone OS and App store limitations. You and I might, but I wasn't talking about technophiles -…

The kindle will have apps too in the near future.

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

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Post by TeHCrAzY »

nopinsight wrote: post #75

In 10-15 years, I can see most students carry an iPad-like device to school instead of a bunch of books many (esp in Asian countries) need to put in their bags today. It would also be a great replacement for brick-heavy textbooks. If we can collectively break the textbook oligopoly, the costs would be much lower as well. Together with video lecture inserts to clarify difficult points and interactive & intelligent tut…

The price would need to drop quite significantly, and/or the durability would need to increase drastically (children + strong, well engineered device = broken device in short amount of time!)

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

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Post by TeHCrAzY »

stevejohnson wrote: post #63
darien wrote: post #11

I see this going the way of the Macbook Air.

Except that the Air has a much different price point.

I disagree. The iPad is directly competing with netbooks, but providing less functionality at a higher price point.

A quick survey around the dev team here highlight this: They think it is too expensive and impractical. (and this is no anti-apple bias, a good 3/4 of the team have iPhones)

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

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Post by chrischen »

khelloworld wrote: post #85
chrischen wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A college student with a MacBook is NOT going to get this. They lug around a computer already, what's the point of lugging an ipad around too?

I was talking about the soon-to-be college students, not the soon-to-be-graduating ones.

I was talking about the already college student. And soon-to-be college students applies to. They obviously aren't going to be getting a tablet as their main computer. It's an entertainment device. And I doubt most would have the money or reason to get both a laptop/desktop and an iPad.

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

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Post by Jun8 »

joubert wrote: post #24

Starts at $499. Suck that, netbooks.

Price looks really good until you think about the following: No SD card slot, no camera (can't use it for video chats), no USB. And of course, the killers are: no multitasking support (yet) and no HDMI port (how are you going to hook it up to your TV?). I still want one, though!

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

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Post by NeilCJames »

ericd wrote: post #81
holdenk wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But do we know which 3G bands it supports? i.e. for American users will it work on t-mobile 3G?

I would assume so, unless T-Mobile uses a different GSM freq from international carriers. They don't want to have to make separate hardware for the international market.

Probably will work on T-Mobile's EDGE, but not GSM (they use 1700 Mhz, and the iPad spec sheet says it supports 850/1900/2100 Mhz).

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

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Post by ericd »

NeilCJames wrote: post #108
ericd wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would assume so, unless T-Mobile uses a different GSM freq from international carriers. They don't want to have to make separate hardware for the international market.

Probably will work on T-Mobile's EDGE, but not GSM (they use 1700 Mhz, and the iPad spec sheet says it supports 850/1900/2100 Mhz).

Ah I see, thanks for the correction.

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

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Post by kordless »

maukdaddy wrote: post #6
dlsspy wrote: post #2

So, it's an iPod Touch. A large one. The iPod touch is a min-iPad and this is the max-iPad.

Really?? This isn't digg.

So about that. It's the INTERNET. We're all here, sharing access to it, ya know. Yes, I love YC because people here are much more mature, but the fact is that we all like a good bit of humor now and again.

My wife came home today and said, "hey, what's the gizmo from Apple called?". I told her and she made a face and said, "that's stupid". I have to agree, and also agree with people making jokes about it.

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