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Originally Posted by dioib
You've got to have an enormously big heart not to care for multitasking..  |
what exactly does that mean? i care about multitasking, just not on a device like that. i commonly have 8+ programs running on my main machine at any one time, so i guess that's multitasking, but i just don't need it on an iPad kind of device and i don't think the vast majority of users care about it either.
.... iTunes support in any app? check
.... background checking of email? check
.... background notification from other apps? check
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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
It's clearly not an e-reader. It's a multimedia tablet that had reading as one of it's function. I think e-books was the last bullet point on Apple's early slide listing it's features. As such it shouldn't be compared to e-readers. It should be judged as a multi-media tablet.
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Originally Posted by jupstin
This is true in general, but on a website called Mobile Read, I think it's fair to expect us to evaluate it primarily as a reader.
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i was thinking this as well. if its not an eBook reader, then why are we discussing it here?
its definitely an eBook reader, but its also much MUCH more which is why its value is huge for the cost and makes the similar prices for dedicated eBook readers seem unreasonable for most users.
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Originally Posted by acastillo
I took this as a joke -- until others began quoting the same price and now I am not so sure.
I looked at the Apple site and did not see a price listed for the keyboard docking station.
However, considering that the iPad could use the Apple wireless keyboard (price $69), I think I will forego the keyboard docking station if the price is anywhere near $399.
See--this is how rumors start.  |
it is a joke. the keyboard docking station won't be a penny over a hundred bucks. if i had to guess, i'd say it would be somewhere $40-70. its basically a keyboard with a dock connector. that's it.