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Jobs Finally "Happy" With Unannounced Apple Tablet
All the whispers of an Apple tablet PC seem to be culminating in a flurry of rumors suggesting we may see one as soon as next month. Sources inside Apple are saying that Jobs is finally "happy" with the device after being involved in every detail of bringing it into the light of day. As a side result of these rumors, it seems that Apple stockholders are also getting a bit of Christmas cheer with a significant bump in stock price.
There are more iPhones out there (at least in the States) than any other phone. I think Steve Jobs can take his smug satisfaction all the way to the bank.
again, when people complain about an extra hundred bucks or so upfront, do you ever consider the lifetime of the device? When you decide to buy a cheaper non Apple product, do you "feel" the savings? Looking at my friends who have, I sure see them! The things are junk, utter junk! Example, several years back, I had a friend who was overseas, he decided to pick up an MP3 player "duty free". I had told him to get an iPod, but at the last minute, some moronic sales person stepped up, and did all the NLP techniques you can think of! "oh, this is $40 cheaper! AND it records through a shitty little microphone!". I cant even remember what brand the device was, it was from a major PC maker, might have been toshiba. My friend fell for it. This thing was awful, it was probably discounted to get it out of the store!
Suffice to say, this friend of mine recently picked up an iPhone 3GS, after being again suckered into taking out the 200+ dollar extended warranty etc on it, "but they said it normally would cost THREE hundred, and I got it for ONLY TWO hundred!", and he LOVES his iPhone. Really, he loves the thing, every day he finds a new App that really impresses him. He loves the interface, how txt messaging works, I think hes looking into using Nike+ (which impresses me too)....
If I have to pay an extra hundred bucks up front, for something that I will absolutely love for years to come, then I will, rather than suffering through some awful clone. Its just not worth my time or money, "yeah, it sucks at everything, but I saved a couple bucks!"
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