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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Leaked name, prices and release date?
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According to a (now deleted) tweet by major German electronics retailer Media Markt, the Apple iPad will go on sale March 1st at a price of 499 Euros with contract with T-Mobile or 899 Euros without. In U.S. prices this would likely be around $500-$600 U.S. with contract and $999 without. We came to these numbers by comparing similarly priced Apple items sold in Euros and USD (Mac Mini: 549 Euros / $599 USD, MacBook 899 Euros / $999 USD).
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"iPad" was already a rumoured name, along with iSlate... and the pricepoint seems to be on par with earlier rumours of the device being reasonably priced ($500-$600 with contract).
http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/26/...000-march-1st/ |
Your link is now saying that is fake.
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Update: fscklog reports [Google translation] that a company representative has confirmed that the Twitter account is not an official Media Markt account, and thus the iPad posting is certainly fake.
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Ugh I hope the tablet isn't going to be that cost and need a contract. I would not be interested in paying $30 a month for internet on that thing. If you have an iPhone (or other smart phone) you are already paying $30 a month for internet plus paying for the internet you have at home. Possibly around a $100 a month for internet is really steep and is probably a small market. Obviously the information is fake, but I hope it is off base as well.
I think I am most interested in the e-reader capabilities of this thing. I am not sold on the other e-readers out there (Kindle, Sony). They are stand alone readers with quasi-computer abilities at best. The tablet looks promising for the computer abilities. Although I worry about long term reading and eye strain on an LCD type screen for book reading. But I would not be interested in paying $30 a month for data, for my hopeful use of a tablet it would not be worth it. And $1000 for half a laptop seems silly too.