re: your last comment. I remember hearing an econ professor (mike munger on econtalk) once make a comment something like this:
“the average person (and, thereby, common sense) is right almost all the time. it correctly predicts that most new products will be failures, because most new products ARE failures. What it can never predict, in fact is 100% wrong about every time, is a GOOD new idea. It will always miss those.”
I always dug that.
By shawn09-28-2009 at 8:58 pm
If true, this sounds like an utterly worthless product to me.
Why do I want to carry around a BIG iPhone with me when I already carry around a regular one? If it won’t be as capable as my laptop—i.e. more than one app at a time, full office apps, Flash—then the usefulness of such a product is extremely limited.
As to this new device being used as an eReader: The Kindle 2 is about as big and as heavy as is comfortable for most people to hold for long reading sessions. This device (as rumored) would appear to be much larger and heavier, and would be tiring to hold for extended reading periods.
If an iPhone costs $599 without subsidy - what’s a 10” iPhone cost without subsidy? Answer: Well more than it’s worth.
By Russell Boyer09-28-2009 at 9:08 pm
That’s pretty slick. A few questions:
-Will it be able to make/receive phone calls via Bluetooth? Will it be able to use Skype?
-Hardware-wise, will it have a camera? Microphone? Accelerometers? Light sensors?
-Will it have the same battery problems as an iPhone? If the battery lasts as long as a Macbook, it seems like it might not have much value.
-Will iLounge cover this product? I know you guys have, to a small extent, blurred the line between iPods and full Mac computers with a few of the articles, will this further dilute things?
-Will the 3G version be sold on subsidy from AT&T (who I assume will be the carrier for it)?
I’m intrigued by this, but I’d be most curious about the price. I can’t imagine Apple putting the price too close to a Macbook, but then again, they priced the iPhone ridiculously high at first.
By Dave09-28-2009 at 9:14 pm
Will it display apps in full screen or at the iPhone resolution?
By J09-28-2009 at 9:29 pm
I heard some talk of redeignating the more expensive touch as the low end tablet and include a camera.
By Ashley09-29-2009 at 12:24 am