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7-Inch iPad Rumored

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sure-why-not dept.

Stoobalou writes "Rumours of a cut-down Apple iPad are ramping up as Taiwanese news outlet Economic Daily News names names. The often-reliable Chinese language newspaper — which correctly predicted the first coming of the iPad when everyone else on the planet was carping on about a sub-$500 netbook from the Cupertino company — has been digging about in the skips behind a number of Chinese factories and reckons it knows who will be making which bit of the much-predicted iPad 2."

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  1. Re:iPad by Mongoose+Disciple · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ah hell. I made the mistake of taking that poster seriously. Reading it again it's obvious satire. Whoosh for me.

  2. "Often reliable" by remove+office · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The often-reliable Chinese language newspaper -- which correctly predicted the first coming of the iPad when everyone else on the planet was carping on about a sub-$500 netbook from the Cupertino company

    Oh please. This is the same "often-reliable" newspaper that predicted that Apple was going to release an iPhone nano earlier this year.

    Also, the idea that anybody expected Apple to release a "sub-$500 netboook" is sheer lunacy. Nobody seriously expected that-- the iPad was widely anticipated by just about everyone for months before it was released.

    1. Re:"Often reliable" by RingDev · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Also, the idea that anybody expected Apple to release a "sub-$500 netboook" is sheer lunacy. Nobody seriously expected that-- the iPad was widely anticipated by just about everyone for months before it was released.

      The entire concept of a "sub-$500 netbook" market is sheer lunacy. I can get a Core-2 duo 2.3ghz 15" laptop for just under $400 (it's in this month's special from NewEgg.com). Why the hell would anyone pay $500 for a netbook when they can get a way more powerful note book for $400?

      If I'm going to buy a netbook, we better be talking about the sub-$200 market.

      -Rick

      --
      "Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
    2. Re:"Often reliable" by denobug · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Why the hell would anyone pay $500 for a netbook when they can get a way more powerful note book for $400?

      In the mobile computing world, size matters.

  3. bullshit by jewishbaconzombies · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Lessie - Apple only updates SKUs once and year - and is having trouble building the current model fast enough. OMG THERE'S ANOTHER ONE COMING TOMORROW!

    Fuck you Slashdot.

  4. Re:iPad by gandhi_2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Did you assassinate humor in this future you come from?

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    THL phish sticks
  5. Re:No way Steve Jobs has 7-inches by 1310nm · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I love Apple's mobile products, I just don't see the point in buying their laptop/desktop machines unless you are an artist. Even then, it's becoming a bit of a stretch of the word "necessary" to have an OS X machine. Their Windows counterparts are just incredibly cheaper and more compatible with devices and other computers around them, usually. 7 is a very good OS, IMO.

  6. Re:iPad by masmullin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The 9" impresses more than the 7"; which is, in turn, more impressive than the 3.5".

  7. Re:Other than books, what is an iPad for? by Remus+Shepherd · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My girlfriend has an iPad. She uses it as a network appliance to check email and websites when we're in restaurants with WiFi. She uses it to entertain her children with games. They all use it to watch movies purchased with iTunes while on airplanes or car rides. And yes, she reads books on it.

    I'm with you, I don't see it as useful for any dedicated purpose. But I think that's the key -- it's not dedicated to anything. It's a general purpose machine, and easy enough to use that the masses will be able to find something they like to do with it.

    Give me a similar machine that runs on Linux and I'd purchase it tomorrow. I don't know what I'd do with it, but I know that I'll find something.

    --
    Genocide Man -- Life is funny. Death is funnier. Mass murder can be hilarious.
  8. Obligatory by wembley+fraggle · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seems like we're at:

    "An obscure component manufacturer somewhere in the Pacific Rim announces a major order for some bleeding-edge piece of technology that could conceivably become part of an expensive, digital-lifestyle-enhancing nerd toy"

    http://www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/

  9. Re:iPad by oztiks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Posted from my iPad.

    How long did it take to type in :) ...

    I've tried to slashdot on my iPad, login box screws up and it takes punch in send comments.