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beats me wrote:

rikhyray wrote:

beats me wrote:I'm curious what the price will be.

In Germany 800€ and 499€ with T mobile contract (Media Markt major electronic discounter had the page premature released yesterday , removed it after couple of hours)

Now I'm really curious and confused. If you already have an iphone does that somehow factor into it or is this a whole other device with a completely different charge? Can you simply just use it without paying some kind of monthly subscription and maybe just not get full use out of it, use of things you may not even want?

Of course nobody knows the answer to this just yet. But I think if you are forced to pay a monthly subscription plus the up front cost then that is also going to turn a lot of people off.

I doubt owning an iPhone with its own contract will have anything to do with this tablet thing (if it exists). It's a separate device. It'll probably be like a big iPod Touch with better graphics and the ability to get 3G internet (if you pay for monthly service... $30 or somewhere there about). Cheaper if you buy with a contract, more expensive without. That's why I think it's kind of lame. It's just another thing that can't run Live that's going to cost a lot of money and waste a lot of time. I'm sure the iPhone games are going to be a lot better on the tablet (if it does exist -that one was for you, dave).

The way I look at it is like, if this tablet thing had come out before the iPhone, we would have thought it was cool. But, if the iPhone came second, we would have throught the iPhone was better. The iPhone is a pocket sized Apple tablet. It's the better of the two gadgets to have, and we already have it. That's why I want my new MacBook Pro with i7 processors. Hoo la la la.

OvertoneZero wrote:I have been patiently waiting for iCommode... is this my year?

LoopStationZebra wrote:

OvertoneZero wrote:I have been patiently waiting for iCommode... is this my year?

I dig the "slot dispensing" toilet paper.

Hidden Driveways wrote: ...and waste a lot of time.

pfft. What could you possibly be doing in your life that's so important that you can't spend time trying to get those horrid iPhone music apps to work? lol.

Hidden Driveways wrote:I doubt owning an iPhone with its own contract will have anything to do with this tablet thing (if it exists). It's a separate device. It'll probably be like a big iPod Touch with better graphics and the ability to get 3G internet (if you pay for monthly service... $30 or somewhere there about). Cheaper if you buy with a contract, more expensive without. That's why I think it's kind of lame. It's just another thing that can't run Live that's going to cost a lot of money and waste a lot of time. I'm sure the iPhone games are going to be a lot better on the tablet (if it does exist -that one was for you, dave).

The way I look at it is like, if this tablet thing had come out before the iPhone, we would have thought it was cool. But, if the iPhone came second, we would have throught the iPhone was better. The iPhone is a pocket sized Apple tablet. It's the better of the two gadgets to have, and we already have it. That's why I want my new MacBook Pro with i7 processors. Hoo la la la.

I really don't get the mentality that anything with a computer chip in it and a large enough screen has to be able to run Live or it's useless. I think you'll feel differently when you see the plethora of music and controller apps that come out for it. May not be your cup of tea or priority but hardly falls under the useless flag.

Don't you have a drive to defrag for the 50th time or a driver conflict to solve?

ja. That's the real benefit here. There are some cool music apps that finally those of us with big fat pudgy fingers will be able to use.

LoopStationZebra wrote:"Come on, Steve, just think—think, dammit—you're running out of time," the exhausted CEO said as he glued nine separate iPhones to the back of a plastic cafeteria tray.

lol. That was priceless.

hahahah sums up my thoughts on it. Ooooh another iphone, only BIG! REAL big! Too big to go in your pocket, yet it still wont give you a keyboard! lol apple fanboys will buy anything

monstrejumo wrote:

Don't you have a drive to defrag for the 50th time or a driver conflict to solve?

Or spend hours trying to figure out why the little speaker icon has disappeared from your system tray? lol

inb4 djsynchro busts out his old, lame troll "it just works"

anyway, early adoption for this is something I've been telling everyone I know to avoid like the plague...first macbook pro had problems, first iphone had plenty of problems, and shit, look at this forum, full of live 8 early adoption whiners, although, it has been several months since it was first released and still lots of whining.

jumping on the first version of anything is for rich hipsters who have enough money to pay the overinflated price, and enough time to bitch about what they've gotten themselves into for months. Fortunately for me, I have neither, and have nothing but a hearty, Nelson Muntz-styled "ha, ha" for those people.

john doe by choice wrote:inb4 djsynchro busts out his old, lame troll "it just works"

anyway, early adoption for this is something I've been telling everyone I know to avoid like the plague...first macbook pro had problems, first iphone had plenty of problems, and shit, look at this forum, full of live 8 early adoption whiners, although, it has been several months since it was first released and still lots of whining.

jumping on the first version of anything is for rich hipsters who have enough money to pay the overinflated price, and enough time to bitch about what they've gotten themselves into for months. Fortunately for me, I have neither, and have nothing but a hearty, Nelson Muntz-styled "ha, ha" for those people.

wrong.

And where was I wrong?

LoopStationZebra wrote:

monstrejumo wrote:

Don't you have a drive to defrag for the 50th time or a driver conflict to solve?

Or spend hours trying to figure out why the little speaker icon has disappeared from your system tray? lol

Or back grade your OS for the ultimate in stability. Pre Windows 7 humor still has to sting.

Maybe Microsoft can take a cue from Apple and have Bill Gates return to the helm and the glory days of cheap mediocrity.

john doe by choice wrote:And where was I wrong?

All of it, Mr. Poopy Pants.

And the iPhone was actually rock solid upon initial release. Connection problems on AT&T's end, but relatively few issues with the hardware/software.

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