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Originally Posted by athlonkmf

I don't know where you're reading that, but every site is stating that the PARTS are 260 together.
They still need to put it together.

example:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=price+ipad+parts

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ipa...nts,10102.html

I was basing it on iSuppli's Feb 2010 estimate. I didn't see their actual teardown that added an additional $30 to the overall cost.

Tom's got their info from BusinessWeek, which got it from iSuppli.

Apple's (AAPL) iPad tablet computer costs as little as $259.60 to build, according to analysis by the research firm iSuppli.