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Offline tone007

Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #29 from previous page: January 22, 2010, 05:08:43 PM »
I think if they price this thing down in the netbook price range, they could sell a bunch.  I can't see people paying laptop money for it, though.
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Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #30 on: January 22, 2010, 05:55:44 PM »
Read today it would be around 700 - 1000.00 and possible a monthly charge for the data connection to 3G networks (ATT and/or Verizon).
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Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #31 on: January 22, 2010, 06:21:26 PM »
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On 27/01/10 Apple is going to release the iSlate, a tablet Mac.  Microsoft introduced tablet PCs years ago and have gone absolutely nowhere with the technology.  Apple is about to kick MS arse with their own technology.  Watch how it's done, folks.  

Hyperion or A-Eon or whatever is the name of the week need to watch and learn.  You don't introduce a product and tell people "you figure out what to do with it...." you don't introduce a produce with no price and tell people wait six months to actually have it.  And you don't introduce features that 99.99999% of the world have absolutely no use for and yet cost lots of money.

I'll order one on the 27th, I'll know what they cost and I'll be playing with it before summer (in the southern hemisphere) is over...



Yes, let's all
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how apple does things.

I could list the innumerable lawsuits apple has levied against people who dare to speculate about their products prior to release, but honestly?  Why bother?  Fact is, this niche product will sell to the latte' drinking set at the Apple fashion boutique computer stores, soccer moms (who will have to replace it in droves due to coffee spills, etc. ad infinitum, which will "boost" sales figures as the units gather dust after 6 mo. of work).

If I - or anyone of concern - wanted a tablet computer running OSX, we could've had one any time in the last four years or so, by buying one of the multiple and less expensive tablet PCs and installing OSX for Intel on it, period.
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« Reply #32 on: January 22, 2010, 07:54:10 PM »
I'm looking forward to whatever Apple has up their sleeve. Since switching to a Mac a few years ago I haven't looked back. And the iPhone is one of the most fun devices I've ever used. The only other computer that ever gave me this sense of enjoyment was the Amiga.
 

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Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #33 on: January 22, 2010, 08:11:57 PM »
Is it just me or does sound more like an iNewton?
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Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #34 on: January 22, 2010, 08:12:45 PM »
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Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #35 on: January 22, 2010, 08:30:42 PM »
ehhhh
Apple has been good to include cleaning clothes latly with iPod touch, monitors, and iPhones.
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Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #36 on: January 22, 2010, 09:05:07 PM »
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Needs balls. A trackball is a lot easier to use than a touchpad or touch interface.


I'll bet there is a USB port on it for a wireless trackball.
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Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #37 on: January 22, 2010, 11:48:19 PM »
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The point is Apple will make a commercial success out of something that's been around for a decade and has been a failure in the commercial marketplace.

Yes, like the Macintosh.  Oh wait, even after 20+ years they only have a fraction of the home computer market that they invented.  :roflmao:

I'll be staying away until at least the second generation newer-better-faster version is released.  No need to spend good $$$ on anything Apple rev 1.
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Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #38 on: January 22, 2010, 11:51:44 PM »
Telstra here most likely, with Vodaphone and Optus later.  Wonder if you can buy it without a SIM card?

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Read today it would be around 700 - 1000.00 and possible a monthly charge for the data connection to 3G networks (ATT and/or Verizon).
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Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #39 on: January 23, 2010, 12:02:26 AM »
Waiting for the day when I don't have to pay $30-$70 per device for a data connection. Pretty soon, my monthly phone bill will exceed all my other expenditures combined. EDIT: Barnes & Noble has the right idea. Apple should work out an App Store subsidy and profit sharing deal with telcos. Of course, that would totally shaft developers, who are currently free to set whatever price they want.
 

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« Reply #40 on: January 23, 2010, 12:11:11 AM »
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Waiting for the day when I don't have to pay $30-$70 per device for a data connection.


That day was yesterday!

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MiFi is an easy one, then there's bluetooth tethering on tons of phones now, and some Windows Mobile phones can act as WiFi routers as well (with free addon software.)
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Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #41 on: January 23, 2010, 12:15:17 AM »
That's all fine and dandy if all your devices support 802.11 and you keep the master device with you at all times, but what if your devices only support cell networks? The current regime is built on the one-device-per-person meme.
 

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« Reply #42 on: January 23, 2010, 12:16:55 AM »
..if your device only supports cellular networks, it's probably a phone.

I can't think of too many internet-type devices without either bluetooth or wifi.
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« Reply #43 on: January 23, 2010, 12:22:44 AM »
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Oh man....I just can't let this one go...

I should have known that Microsoft was behind those touch screens at the grocery store.


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Re: iSlate, watch and learn
« Reply #44 on: January 23, 2010, 12:59:42 AM »
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..if your device only supports cellular networks, it's probably a phone.

I can't think of too many internet-type devices without either bluetooth or wifi.


You missed the point. In my home, I have one landline and four handsets. I only pay for one landline, and I do not pay a per-handset fee.

I have one broadband connection and too many Ethernet and Wi-Fi devices to list. I only pay for one broadband connection, and I do not pay a per-connection fee.

I have two mobile plans and two mobile phones. I pay for each plan and phone individually. I should only have to pay for one plan. I'll concede an additional charge for additional phone numbers.

I think the same reasoning should apply to cable and satellite television providers as well, but consumers have blindly accepted that per-device fees are OK.

Ironically, the per-device fee is one of the many things that landed AT&T in front of the Department of Justice on antitrust charges in the 70's. "Adequate" competition exists in the mobile space, however, so it's unlikely to change--unless someone puts together conspiracy charges re: handsets, early termination fees, etc., since all providers do pretty much the same thing.

EDIT: And "it's probably a phone" is a bad assumption. There are many 3G data devices on the market that do not function as telephones.