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I don't carry paper notebooks around. Why? Cause they don't fit in my pocket.
A book is different. I will carry that in my hand, throw it on the car seat, or leave it on a table at a coffee shop. Why? Cause it costs $30, not $700. If it goes missing, get dropped, gets spilled on, ... I'm not worried.
My laptop is already in my bag, why do I need another $700 toy to carry around?
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if you want extreme portability, then yes iphone. I don't know why you keep saying $700. It is $499 to start. I would get that model. And use it like a notebook, book. Throw it in car seat, carry it in my hand. And try my best not to drop it. haha
I would use it with my laptop. Basically having an extra display. Maybe load some api doc while coding? Instead of having to juggle multiple windows.
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iPhone sales have cut into iPod sales.
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what does that have to do with ipad? Besides, apple had almost 7 year run with ipod before iphone came out.
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This is a niche product, and at $700 isn't not cheap. 16GB isn't enough to hold videos, which is supposed to be a selling point of this. Its a simple portable multimedia centre - without enough space. So people will be buying the $600 and $700 models.
Lets not even get into the $30-70 add-ons and the $130 3G option with a $30 data plan. Now I need a data plan for my phone, and my iPad.
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Watching video on 10" screen..thats just a gimmick to me. And at that res, you don't need super high def stuff. I personally don't plan to use it for much media stuff. So $499 one works for me and alot of people.
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I would also get one for my GF's 8yo, yet she would quickly be very disappointed in it like she is with her DSi. She wanted a DSi to surf the internet, to play online games and watch videos. Unfortunately the DSi does not support flash, so its useless for 90% of her surfing. She nearly cried when I informed her of this, since she had debated between the DSi and a iTouch just so she could sit on the couch and surf.
I reassured her that the iTouch doesn't have flash either, she'd only get access to YouTube yet lose all her cool DS games. She felt better.
Any device that claims to be the ultimate internet device and lacks flash is garbage IMHO.
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It isn't perfect, thats why it is v1.0. And like I said.. good for people that are not tech savvy. I guess you missed my point when I said for grandparents.