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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Nobody expected a full OS from the iPad? Then where on earth are those price estimates of $1000 coming from? Not for a huge iPod!
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Many were expecting a full OS.
I wasn't. I also didn't expect a $1000 price. I figured it would be $600-700--given that the high end iTouch's are $300-400 and this would be bigger and I expected more power, features etc.--just not a full Mac OS.
I didn't get why people expected $1,000 or a full PC. Full tablet PCs haven't done well. Yeah, they were poorly designed, but honestly they're just kind of pointless in the mainstream as most computing tasks need a keyboard and mouse and a touch screen can only efficiently replace the mouse portion of the equation.
I just don't see full tablet PCs ever being more than a niche item. Tablet devices geared more for reading and mark up and multimedia have more of a chance of catching on I think as they can be less powerful and priced lower and get to people who want something between a phone and laptop.
While full tablet PCs cost more and leave most people thinking they should just stick with a laptop.