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[tomato]

iPad will retail for ....


$499 (start price). Wow.

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by tomato

iPad will retail for ....


$499 (start price). Wow.

$499 for a device that doesn't support multitasking?! No thanks. Even a PC made back in the 80's can do that.

I agree with Pavel in that respect. Macs may be nice to look at, but all that and more can be available on PCs these days.

Tomato does have a point, though: Most users aren't looking for lots of features. They just want to a) support a brand they know and trust, and b) They want as few complications as possible.

And boy, are they prepared to pay big bucks for that!

[Gideon]

The multitasking is a bummer, although I hear it's like the current iPhone software so you can have push notifications for email and AIM and such.

I'm going to pick one up probably. I have several laptops and a tablet PC and when I'm at home I use my iPod Touch the most for just browsing the web and chatting on AIM.

You can bash the iPhone OS all you want but no OS gives you a more stable/intuitive experience and the mobile version of Safari is lightyears ahead of any other browser as far as displaying web page formatting correctly. (Also a fantastic touchscreen, the best I've used.)

[slothman86]

Originally Posted by tk-421

$499 for a device that doesn't support multitasking?! No thanks. Even a PC made back in the 80's can do that.

I agree with Pavel in that respect. Macs may be nice to look at, but all that and more can be available on PCs these days.

Tomato does have a point, though: Most users aren't looking for lots of features. They just want to a) support a brand they know and trust, and b) They want as few complications as possible.

And boy, are they prepared to pay big bucks for that!

not garage band...lol! (pls someone prove me wrong!)