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Oh, Apple.
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Oh, for heaven sakes...
It's an iPhone with a larger screen that doesn't make phone calls.
I don't doubt there are many wonderful qualities to it - but eReaders strength is their screens aren't backlit. This screen is. So reading a 600 page novel is going to wear on you faster than reading it on paper (or on a Kindle).
You have to use AT&T -although I'm surprised that they got AT&T to agree to month to month pricing (that IS an advance, although since the device only supports AT&T you are "empowered" to decline the connectivity you've already paid for).
No multitasking (like the Palm Pre) - so one app at a time - and you have to back out of one to use another.
The price point is very aggressive - but you would think it would be, otherwise households wouldn't be willing to get two of them.
Transcendent? if it hooked up to any cell service provider for a reasonable per use basis, cost $200, made VOIP phone calls, and came with full suite of multi-tasking office software - then it would be....well not transcendent - but certainly a bigger deal.
#1 Posted by murph, CJR on Wed 27 Jan 2010 at 04:53 PM
Apple has never really come down on prices of there products, the only product i have ever seen go down was the first iPhone,
On eBay it will be harder to find on for cheaper being that the people on there are trying to make a profit off of it, and the fact that almost all the iPhone for sale on eBay are either Jail broken or unlocked for other networks. The Ability to use an iPhone on another network is something that is appealing to other people that are willing to pay extra to get one.
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#2 Posted by Rogerr, CJR on Fri 5 Feb 2010 at 01:25 AM