Technomaly » Apple Hype http://www.technomaly.com technology anomalies Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Would You Buy An iPad If It Was Cheaper, Maybe? http://www.technomaly.com/2010/02/14/would-you-buy-an-ipad-if-it-was-cheaper-maybe/ http://www.technomaly.com/2010/02/14/would-you-buy-an-ipad-if-it-was-cheaper-maybe/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:00:33 +0000 Geoffrey Golden http://www.technomaly.com/?p=3195
  • Rumor: iPad Launch Date is March 26th
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    • ]]>     There’s been a lot of buzz around Apple’s recently announced iPad, and let’s face it fanboys: much of the buzz has been negative.  When Pee-Wee Herman uses your device as a drink tray, you know you’ve got problems.  Perhaps that’s why Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope thinks Apple will be “nimble” regarding the price of the iPad.  If the device doesn’t perform up to expectations in the first few months, Jobs may quickly slash the price from $499 to something less wallet-draining, claims the industry analyst.

    Then again, the iPhone’s price was cut dramatically soon after its launch, and the iPhone was an immediate success.  So maybe rumors of a price cut aren’t so much a reflection of negative buzz, as they are a reflection of consumers being turned-off by a high price tag.  After all, its much touted function is as a superior eBook reader, but you can get a lowly Kindle for half the cost.

    Or maybe — just maybe — tech blogs should stop obsessing over every rumor surrounding Cupertino.  When you search for Apple Rumors in Google, you get almost 15 million results.  So that’s probably enough rumor coverage to last us for a little while.

    Source: eWeek

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    Ah, the Apple Tablet. I honestly wonder how large the market is for an easily breakable sheet of LCD that serves us newspaper articles we don’t read anyway, on a surface that’s hard to read, during a recession.

    Other tech gamechangers made complete sense. A little box that carries around my entire music library? Great! A rectangular box that lets me watch hollywood movies from my home? Outstanding! A service that allows me to keep in touch with my college friends 24/7? Sign me up!

    What need is the Apple Tablet filling? Our innate desire to carry around a big sheet of metal with our laptops? Why do people keep insisting on shoving a level of device between our cell phone and our laptop?

    The iPhone was a great idea because it merged two devices we were carrying around anyway – our iPod and our cell phone. The laptop was a great idea because it merged our need for computing with our need for mobility. What’s the point of something that’s too big to use as a cell phone and too cumbersome to use as a laptop?

    I hope I’m wrong about this one, because I like Apple and I’d hate to see them fail. But right now I’m predicting the tablet’s a diehard only device.

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