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[dwin45]

People saying they hope it's under $500 must be joking themselves. I predict $700+

 

[Gareth Bale]

iPass

:lol comedy gold

 

[domlolz]

It's a shame we won't get Garage Band on the iPad, that would be amazing

 

[avaya]

They made their own chip? :lol

Wait they seriously made their own chip? "It just screams"? :lol

Bet Qualcomm, Intel, ARM and NVIDIA are going to have a field day with this.

Honestly all this hype for something which is so utterly pointless. Laptop replacement? Dream on.

 

[Nakazato]

Apple need to stop bullshittin' and tell us the price hopefully is not a 599 us Dollars thing that kaz did

 

[falconzss]

great...it turns out to be the device i hoped it wouldn't be

 

[stupei]

GAF hates Apple more or less than Nintendo? Can't tell yet, but holy shit. :lol

 

[bounchfx]

People saying they hope it's under $500 must be joking themselves. I predict $700+

that's asking for trouble on their end... I can see 700$ happening, but then I can also see waiting for a price drop

this is by far a luxury item.. most people have multiple machines that can do everything this device is trying to sell us.

 

[Cru Jones]

Apple need to stop bullshittin' and tell us the price hopefully is not a 599 us Dollars thing that kaz did

I will just get a second job if it is over $599

 

[twinturbo2]

It plays iPod Touch games? Okay, I'm sold, how much is it?

 

[Gully State]

for a crippled laptop? doubtful. this needs to be 500 or under.

$500 without Apple tax..

 

[Vinci]

that's asking for trouble on their end... I can see 700$ happening, but then I can also see waiting for a price drop

this is by far a luxury item.. most people have multiple machines that can do everything this device is trying to sell us.

It'll start high though. There are Apple fanatics who will pay virtually any price for the latest Apple tech.

 

[PflargBlarg]

Wow are you serious? Isn't their a DD service like steam that has this kind of interface?

Oh no, they totally ripped off GOG!
Except not, cmon it's fucking bookshelves, not exactly an original idea.

 

[woodsey1982]

Engadget getting as bored and annoyed as Gaf!

We don't know about you, but using iWork wasn't one of our fantasies when we thought about what an Apple tablet would be like. This is nice... but it's iWork.

 

[DreamVsPS2_]

iPod Touch XXL

 

[Vorador]

They should have slapped a rotating touchscreen in the MacBook Air and be done with it. Like the Dell Latitude XT2, but with better design.

This is pretty much a bigger iPhone and nothing else.

But it will sell buttloads like everything Apple makes.

 

[Diablohead]

I wonder if they would allow people to sit the iPad up as a screen and use their iPhone or touch as a pad in their hands, not worth the money buying a bigger screen but they would be silly to not allow something like that, hell you could even use a 2nd iPhone as a mouse :lol (like you can do on PC with an app)

 

[Gully State]

So why isn't there an RTS game for this thing?

 

[Nakazato]

Oh no, they totally ripped off GOG!
Except not, cmon it's fucking bookshelves, not exactly an original idea.

OT: who is that in you avy ?? she has some tig ole bitties

 

[woodsey1982]

But it will sell buttloads like everything Apple makes.

Well they have lost one potential sale from me, unless someone can pull something out of the bag!

 

[MidnightRider]

Do want.

 

[Adam Prime]

... why would you not buy a laptop for the same price and size of this thing?

Do you really want to use touch screen controls for something like this? I think not.

 

[Hot Coldman]

So why isn't there an RTS game for this thing?

I can see Ubisoft getting a stripped-down version of R.U.S.E on this, now that you say it.

 

[Dreamwriter]

They made their own chip? :lol

Wait they seriously made their own chip? "It just screams"? :lol

Bet Qualcomm, Intel, ARM and NVIDIA are going to have a field day with this.

Honestly all this hype for something which is so utterly pointless. Laptop replacement? Dream on.

Few years ago Apple bought a CPU manufacturer, PA Semi, founded by one of the key guys behind ARM CPU's. So yes, it's very believable that they've made their own chip, and it's a good quality one.

 

[Cru Jones]

Would anyone else love them to announce a dock for this thing? If you could dock it, use a keyboard with it, as well as have some additional horsepower it could be someone's home desktop they could bring on the go (with admittedly fewer features when undocked).

 

[spats]

But it will sell buttloads like everything Apple makes.

Just like the Pippin, amirite?

Yeah this definitely has that mass-market appeal the ipod or the iphone has, but I can't help but think this thing is pretty useless.

 

[Psychotext]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1BUH9eXy18

Wow. Honestly, I hadn't seen that before you linked it.

 

[BooJoh]

Could be a neat device to have around for random web surfing on the couch, etc, but unless it's priced competitively with netbooks (which I seriously doubt) I don't really see the point.

I'm sure it'll sell regardless though.

 

[jett]

So uh just a huge ipod touch. Meh.

Huge bezel makes me a sad panda

They need an obvious hook to trick people into replacing this model with the next one, obviously.

 

[AndyD]

Huge bezel makes me a sad panda

I saw that first picture in the OP and thought, thats a nice thin bezel (notice the thin gray bezel around the game frame in the center).

then I realized the whole giant black mass is the tablet in the second picture.:lol

 

[Razor210]

Please be $599 US dollars.

PLEASE BE $599 US DOLLARS

 

[Sent]

Please be $599 US dollars.

PLEASE BE $599 US DOLLARS

:lol :lol :lol

 

[red shoe paul]

The icon spacing is laughable, even with a screen full of icons it'll look empty. I predict about $1,000.

 

[JWong]

Is it still going on? Did they announce anything else?

 

[bloodforge]

I'm not an Apple fan at all, but I kinda like this. Unfortunately the inevitable ridiculous price will kill any desire I have for this.

 

[woodsey1982]

Wireless sync hopes dashed.

Sync's over USB.

 

[Cru Jones]

3G on some models as well

250MB for $15/month, $30/month unlimited - offered through AT&T

AND, the devices are unlocked!

 

[Gully State]

... why would you not buy a laptop for the same price and size of this thing?

Do you really want to use touch screen controls for something like this? I think not.

I was in the market for a netbook until I played around with one. This seems like a good alternative to one. Of course so far what they've shown hasn't exactly impressed me either.

 

[Night_Trekker]

iPass

:lol

 

[woodsey1982]

Hmmmm $29.99 for unlimited data per month is pretty good....

Pre-paid too..no contract needed.

 

[2Good4u]

Please be $599 US dollars.

PLEASE BE $599 US DOLLARS

never ever!

Edit: *that expensive xD

499$? hmm

 

[MDSLKTR]

Please be $599 US dollars.

PLEASE BE $599 US DOLLARS

4 years ago people would have lynched you.

 

[Nakazato]

3G on some models as well

250MB for $15/month, $30/month unlimited - offered through AT&T

Fail

 

[woodsey1982]

F**k everywhere thats not the US...we'll sort them out in June or July for data packages. :lol :lol

Oh Apple!

 

[bounchfx]

should be free 3g like kindle.

15$ a month for 250 MB, regardless of being a 'good deal' compared to other companies, is still ass raping us. ridiculous

 

[Sent]

$499, not bad didn't see that coming.

 

[Cru Jones]

Price is $499 - $829

 

[woodsey1982]

$499

 

[Nakazato]

:lol

 

[woodsey1982]