Apple to upset the tech cart on Wednesday

[ulmont]

But there's real value in having hundreds of physical books in your house.

Only until you run out of bookcases.

[derspiess]

But there's real value in having hundreds of physical books in your house.

There would be for me if I had more space

[Josephus]

I'm surprised there's no camera on this thing.  A big webcam button to smash your paw against and old people could just pass this thing around and talk.

The lack of a built in webcam is rather suspicious. Think 2.0 and an extra $250.

[Barrister]

I'm surprised there's no camera on this thing.  A big webcam button to smash your paw against and old people could just pass this thing around and talk.

The lack of a built in webcam is rather suspicious. Think 2.0 and an extra $250.

Nah.

Apple's MO is that they don't raise prices.  Instead what they do is instead of lowering prices (since computer components get cheaper every year) they increase specs by adding features, and keeping the same price point.

[Berkut]

I surfed a couple of Apple "fanboi" type sites.  The reaction tended to be that this looks pretty cool, but many people were unsure if they'd actually go out and buy one.

Steve Jobs could take a shit in a cardboard box and put it up for sale with a pricetag of $899.99 and the people on Apple fanboi sites would think it looks pretty cool and would be unsure about going out and buying it. 

INdeed, and some people on Languish, although I won't name any names, will say something like "Well, it is a pretty good price for an Apple product, although I am not sure I really need one...sure does smell nice though!"

[Tonitrus]

It looks pretty cool.  I'm hoping they come out with a clamshell version with a keyboard attached to the bottom of the screen.

They'd probably have done better with a tablet-ized MacBook Air

[Grey Fox]

I like how, on languish, there was a serious lack of an apple fanboi that wasn't a fanboi for the bad reasons and BB came along & changed that.

Nature filled the void, it's beautifull.

[Tamas]

All the left out features just scream of a 2.0 next year, and again shows the attricious arrogance of Apple. They know full well the fanbois will buy this nerfed release and will say "thank you can I buy it on double price please" when they release the proper one later this year.

[The Minsky Moment]

There is real ink & paper for that.

I believe e-ink is bound to fail.

e-ink has already succeeded.

The question is whether the the E-ink's Corporation's elabroration of the technology will ultimately prevail, or whether it will be overtaken by a competitor such as Qualcomm's Mirasol, which is rumored to be hitting the market in early 2010, perhaps through Amazon.

But either way there will be a market for e-readers that use a technology conceptually similar to e-ink: namely, one that closely replicates the ink-and-paper experience and provides long battery life.  The ipad as desgined in just not a seriousl player in that market.

[MadImmortalMan]

I just made 500 bucks in the last hour shorting AAPL.


The iPad is a money maker.

[Pedrito]

I just made 500 bucks in the last hour shorting AAPL.

Buy an iPad! 

L.

[Barrister]

I like how, on languish, there was a serious lack of an apple fanboi that wasn't a fanboi for the bad reasons and BB came along & changed that.

Nature filled the void, it's beautifull.

Whats the "bad reasons"?

And I've always been an Apple fan.  First computer was an Apple II, parents have owned nothing but Apples since that same Apple II.  2 years ago I just returned to the fold.

[Tonitrus]

[DontSayBanana]

[BuddhaRhubarb]

It's a 1st gen hardware. So of course it's kind of broken. Needs real world user experience and input before it actually becomes useful, cheaper. Like the iphone, the 1st gen ones were bricks compared to the new models. never buy 1st gen unless you like being an extended beta tester.

my reaction to it as a whole=