iPad

[Deckard]

And now the tablet is "confirmed" by the Wall Street Journal.

Would any of us buy one if it is launched next week at say 600 quid with no 3g ?

[Cloudane]

It's going to depend on quite a lot of other factors too. Finding a sweet spot in size, how the screen works, battery life, power options, what 'level' of OSX it uses, responsiveness.... to name a few.

Knowing Apple, probably yes, despite my better judgement. They have a habit of making something too drool-worthy to pass up. Unless they come out with something of an epic, 'Macbook Air' level of fail

[Deckard]

I think it will be the inverse of the Air fail as in instant Kleenex time

[VNVObit]

I certainly hope it isn't a fail

£600 and no 3g hmm would be tempted (depending on a few features/spec, in particular capacity, though

[Dio]

Isn't the idea behind this thing basically Apple's take on the netbook? If so, surely it has to get down under £500 at least, the Apple Effect doesn't double the price...?

[gravy]

Isn't the idea behind this thing basically Apple's take on the netbook?

It'd be a surprise if it was. They don't generally enter already established markets, particularly ones where the main differentiator is price.

My guess is they want to make something that allows them to do to the readable text market what they did to the music one.

I'm pretty sure whatever it is it won't be a netbook though

[HGFB]

Any ereading focus will be on magazines and newspapers too. In colour. Mark my words.

[Deckard]

Not bothered by built in 3g as with a jailbroken iPhone I can always supply a connection to the web via wifi to it using MyWi.

[Cloudane]

Or with one of those nifty new 3 wifi soap bar thingies.

If they get into books and magazines, which I think is actually quite a credible suggestion, I wonder if they'll finally rename iTunes to iMedia or whatever.

[Dio]

Isn't the idea behind this thing basically Apple's take on the netbook?

My guess is they want to make something that allows them to do to the readable text market what they did to the music one.

I'm pretty sure whatever it is it won't be a netbook though

I didn't say it was a netbook. I said it was their take on it. A reasonably portable machine that can do shit while you're lying on the sofa or in bed.

Not convinced that 'glorified e-reader' is going to really go that far either.

[gravy]

And I'm saying it'll have absolutely nothing to do with that market.

We'll find out next week.

[Deckard]

Steve said that dedicated readers would fail and the multi use machines would win and I reckon he is right - the exact prose is herehttp://www.businessinsider.com/iphone/i ... dle-2009-9

[Misfit]

£600? Almost certainly yes. 3G not important as have a MiFi, but even then I see it more for home use.

They could announce things that put me off, but if the browser can support embedded flash media other than just youtube then it will be hard to put me off.

As a Mac hater, but an iPhone lover I really want this to be a big iPod rather than have a full version of OSX.

[Marius]

Hmm, perhaps I'll finally be able to properly read all those issues of Zzap 64 I missed out on 25 years ago

[Deckard]

“This will be the most important thing I’ve ever done” – Steve Jobs, referring to the soon-to-be-launched Apple Tablet.

from http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/24/st ... important/

No pressure then