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Originally Posted by pilotbob
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IF Apple does release a Tablet next Tuesday then I can pretty much guess that...
1. It won't be under $1,000.
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Estimates are between $750 to $1000 and the unknown quantity is the data plan, which can add another $30/month or more. But they could drop it to $600 with a 2 yr plan, so the stories go. If it's $750 + a data plan, I don't see the 10 million units they're estimating this year.
I wouldn't be a candidate for one though and I like gadgets and on-the-go net access (though I am very patient with slow access if it's free).
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2. It will have an OLED or LCD screen so the battery life will be (in real world use) about 4-5 hours... even if they say 8 in their presentation.
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I read one "insider-relayed" bit that said Apple plans on two models, the OLED one to come later in the year -- and because the OLED display alone at that size costs $1,000 today, it'd be a $2,000 device.
I can't imagine that working out very well. But the current one coming is said to be LCD. Just a few more days and we'll finally know. WSJ had a detailed article on it yesterday.
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If you want a device to play movies on, play games on, surf the web on, a tablet MID is more your style.
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Many of us just want light e-readers, with good editing capabilities for PDFs. Those who want tablet web devices and will pay the data charges for them when not using WiFi at home would be the (much) more affluent and mainly gadget-oriented types.
Book readers (people) might be attracted to the idea, but the lack of a reflective screen and print-on-paper look, which definitely is easier on the eyes for long-session sequential reading, would make it unworkable (most gadgeteers don't understand this)
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If you want a device to read large format PDF ebooks and work type documents and also be able to do some productivity stuff on the side... I think the Edge is a contender... over and above just a Netbook.
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For business reading of documents, I'd lean more to the Que and use my netbook as I am now, for anything it can't do.
Honestly, it's the lack of a hard disk! in something so large as the eDGe that is a stopper for me, when I think of someone who would invest in the company on the belief this will sell in large quantities.
But I'm probably missing something here.
Does the lack of a hard disk and a physical keyboard (for meetings) and the reliance on 4 gigs of internal storage + an SD slot not concern others? In something that's almost three pounds?
It's beautiful, but is it practical?