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[PAH]

"And it has over a month of standby time"

They obviously expect it to be left lying around unused for long periods once the novelty has worn off.


The only device of this type I'm even remotely interested in is a proper colour e-ink type jobby big enough to easily read A4 e-magazines. That's the one thing I cannot do comfortably on my laptop or 24" computer screen. Even though it swivels into portrait mode I just can't be arsed as it needs to be raised up on the stand first.

[Durbs]

And lo! iWork - word processing, spreadsheets, presentations

Wahey, that means i can actually justify the purchase to the Mrs as a work tool rather than a toy. Looking more like a genuinely useful bit of business kit, i'm liking what i see so far.

[Churchill]

How much?

[Spacecadet]

Steve Jobs: "...an ebook reader. Now Amazon has done a great job of pioneering this... we're going to stand on their shoulders for this. Our new app is called iBooks."

Translated, this means: "**** Amazon. We're going to make their piece of tulip Kindle look like an Etch-A-Sketch."

Hmmm, what makes proper ebook readers good is the e-ink screen which is much more natural and less stressful to the eye
Unless Apple can somehow simulate e-ink with their screen then they're not going to convince anyone

[Durbs]

How much?

......is the big question....

[Cliphead]

......is the big question....

499 - 899 euros

Linky

[PAH]

Hmmm, what makes proper ebook readers good is the e-ink screen which is much more natural and less stressful to the eye
Unless Apple can somehow simulate e-ink with their screen then they're not going to convince anyone

Plus e-ink doesn't eat the battery if you leave it on a page.

Maybe if this is OLED or one of those other super new display technologies they may have a fighting chance, otherwise they've just rolled it out to quieten the fanboys who'd buy anything with an apple logo on it.

[gingerjedi]

Any new killer features in the hardware?

Bathroom scales with Fatfighters RSS ticker?

[Cliphead]

Prices

[NickFitz]

WiFi only: 16GB: $499, 32GB: $599, 64GB: $699.
WiFi + 3G: 16BG: $629, 32GB: $729, 64GB: $829.