The Mellotron Group

I agree, its juat a gadget.  I don't buy stuff that locks me into monthly payments unless I need it.
  It might be good for someone who requires reading glasses & a large typeface.
  Can't help but wonder if it has a keyboard as an option.
 
   -Bruce D.  (your eternally cynical electronics tech)
 

--- On Wed, 1/27/10, David Jacques <djacques@csulb.edu> wrote:


From: David Jacques <djacques@csulb.edu>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] IPad
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 1:39 PM


  



Its a joke...  10 Hours of battery life?  if their claims are anything like their Iphone, its probably really only 5 hours... depending if you are using 3G, etc...


It will cost anywhere between $15 and $50 a month for content...


It will cost between $600 and $1000....


Don't they realize that we are in a recession? 


hard to put in your pocket and carry it around...


Didn't they learn that touch screen keyboards are not really non-starters for most people?


and Pads have been introduced into the market place before, with little acceptance.. . 







On Jan 27, 2010, at 12:25 PM, ClayE wrote:






The new I-4000-D IPad. At that price, they will sell like crazy.
http://www.theglobe andmail.com/ news/technology/ personal- tech/apple/ steve-jobs- pulls-back- the-curtain- on-apples- new-ipad/ article1446141/