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Hmm. So, we've got a handheld device with a slick UI, that can be used for video, audio, email, games, and reading, has a long battery life, and reasonable perf

Hmm. So, we've got a handheld device with a slick UI, that can be used for video, audio, email, games, and reading, has a long battery life, and reasonable performance ... the first iteration of the mythical "tablet" that everyone's been talking about for two years now ... and the general reaction is that it's too much like a fancy Walkman?

aresant 17y ago
Point well taken! But I'd argue that "the first iteration of the mythical "tablet" was the iphone 3GS. It's smaller form factor makes it the more exciting (and marketable) tool. BUT - reserving judgement for Steve's infamous WOW moment (fingers crossed). A dock, awesome multitouch, or something along those lines would help a lot.
- rinich 17y ago
  More marketable? Hardly. My mother wants something that she can lie down on a couch with, read books, check email, be relaxed. You can't do that in the iPod comfortably. Note that Steve's doing all this in a comfy chair. That's what this is. It's a comfy chair device.
  - unexpected 17y ago
    This is basically a crunchpad - but it's probably be going to be $1000. Yes this device has a niche, but it depends on the price point...
    - rinich 17y ago
      I know, right? TechCrunch has such an extensive history of creating brilliant, usable interfaces? But you're wrong. This doesn't have a niche. This is going to replace many, many niches. This is going to be what people buy instead of laptops. Unless I'm a hardcore user that needs pro tools, this will do everything I want a computer to do. And it will do it sexier, and sleeker, and it won't have any of the rough edges that my laptop does.
    - akeefer 17y ago
      $499 for the base model makes it a whole lot more attractive than the $800-$1000 a lot of us were expecting . . .
- thaumaturgy 17y ago
  From Engadget: > 10:18AM "Now if I want to send a message, I hit compose -- up pops this gorgeous keyboard." Steve is typing, it looks very responsive. I would be extremely disappointed in Apple if they produced a device that was supposed to be capable of handling email, and you couldn't type on it. I suspect they've managed to solve the multi-touch/OSD keyboard problem somehow, which would be neat.
anigbrowl 17y ago
I think the muted enthusiasm stems from the fact that there are multiple competitors at or close to release - it's good, great specs, but not 'like nothing else you've ever seen' (so far anyway). Mind you the price is going to help, a lot. They probably won't build up the same market lead they did with the iPhone, which has only been technologically overtaken in recent months.
chrischen 17y ago
When you're talking about features it's awesome. But then when you look at the fact that it's almost as big as a laptop, but without the full capabilities of a laptop. Still no word on flash yet. Don't give a shit about YouTube. With my MacBook I can lug it around and I can also watch hulu. Plus I can actually do work on it instead of browing through photos.

aresant 17y ago

Point well taken! But I'd argue that "the first iteration of the mythical "tablet" was the iphone 3GS. It's smaller form factor makes it the more exciting (and marketable) tool. BUT - reserving judgement for Steve's infamous WOW moment (fingers crossed). A dock, awesome multitouch, or something along those lines would help a lot.

rinich 17y ago
More marketable? Hardly. My mother wants something that she can lie down on a couch with, read books, check email, be relaxed. You can't do that in the iPod comfortably. Note that Steve's doing all this in a comfy chair. That's what this is. It's a comfy chair device.
- unexpected 17y ago
  This is basically a crunchpad - but it's probably be going to be $1000. Yes this device has a niche, but it depends on the price point...
  - rinich 17y ago
    I know, right? TechCrunch has such an extensive history of creating brilliant, usable interfaces? But you're wrong. This doesn't have a niche. This is going to replace many, many niches. This is going to be what people buy instead of laptops. Unless I'm a hardcore user that needs pro tools, this will do everything I want a computer to do. And it will do it sexier, and sleeker, and it won't have any of the rough edges that my laptop does.
  - akeefer 17y ago
    $499 for the base model makes it a whole lot more attractive than the $800-$1000 a lot of us were expecting . . .
thaumaturgy 17y ago
From Engadget: > 10:18AM "Now if I want to send a message, I hit compose -- up pops this gorgeous keyboard." Steve is typing, it looks very responsive. I would be extremely disappointed in Apple if they produced a device that was supposed to be capable of handling email, and you couldn't type on it. I suspect they've managed to solve the multi-touch/OSD keyboard problem somehow, which would be neat.

anigbrowl 17y ago

I think the muted enthusiasm stems from the fact that there are multiple competitors at or close to release - it's good, great specs, but not 'like nothing else you've ever seen' (so far anyway). Mind you the price is going to help, a lot. They probably won't build up the same market lead they did with the iPhone, which has only been technologically overtaken in recent months.

chrischen 17y ago

When you're talking about features it's awesome. But then when you look at the fact that it's almost as big as a laptop, but without the full capabilities of a laptop. Still no word on flash yet. Don't give a shit about YouTube. With my MacBook I can lug it around and I can also watch hulu. Plus I can actually do work on it instead of browing through photos.