Apple's January 27th Event

nichorob · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:48

IceBus said:
i.e. £300-£350?

If it is that price, I will literally eat my own face. A 16Gb iPhone 3GS is £450 for a start.

Kainz · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:48

RobH said:
As of yet they have not mentioned anything about a cellular modem. A pretty big thing to miss out.

I think we're looking at the lesser of two models here...

Talbs13 · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:49

There isnt anywhere to put a Sim in so no 3G.

There is GPS, he already said that.

RobH · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:50

Talbs13 said:
There is GPS, he already said that.

You sure? It seems a big thing for Engadget and GDGT to miss reporting on.

SteveOBHave · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:50

Oversized iPod with between 16 to 64GB memory - Bags not... Why does Apple insist on dumbing down everything?

Marky · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:50

That's it for EA?! I was expecting more games than just Need for Speed

Westyfield2 · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:50

Which streams are we all on guys?

I'm on http://live.gdgt.com/2010/01/27/live-apple-come-see-our-latest-creation-tablet-event-coverage/ for text & photos, and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/27/apple-announcement-live-v_n_438659.html for live audio and live video :cool:

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Johnny|lucidcomposure · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:50

Frank Butcher said:
If it is that price, I will literally eat my own face. A 16Gb iPhone 3GS is £450 for a start.

True but look at the differences between the iTouch and the iPhone. All the same bar cellular.. Few other things now since but still.

I think £500ish

bigredshark · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:50

No-One said:
hmm. The apple store isn't down. No immediate release?

And more importantly to some us maybe - no macbook pro upgrades?

Feek · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:50

I don't recall any mention of GPS.

Bonjour · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:50

A resounding 'meh'.

Hamish · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:50

This thing looks great! just what I need, needs a camera and multitasking though.

Hamish · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:51

I'm on http://live.gizmodo.com/

Feek · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:51

Meh, I don't care about smegging rounders.

nichorob · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:51

Fstop11 said:
I think £500ish

Anything less than £599 for the base model and I will be truly surprised.

Toekiller · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:51

Maybe the surprise will be the price. 250ish. Sheesh 5 years wait for that! :/ The HP tablet owns its ass.

but...

For a dumbed down simple device for the family....

SDK^ · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:51

If it's competing with Netbooks (as per the intro) then anything over £400 for this is too much.

NickK · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:51

I think it will be the same cost as a 13" macbook, I think it will be there to take the spot of netbooks so.. and expensive netbook will be the price of the macbook 13"..

wesley · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:52

ghost101 said:
Yeh, no way this is limited to wifi. Would be a stupid omission if you're going up against portable netbooks.

then £300 15" with hardware keyboard is better than that!

apeZ · 27 Jan 2010 at 18:52

Talbs13 said:
There isnt anywhere to put a Sim in so no 3G.

There is GPS, he already said that.

Err, we haven't even seen inside it yet? I expect 3G.

Not sure what to make of it, but I'm getting bored of them talking about games. More interested in its utility as a 'pick up and go' device, for ebooks, web browsing, watching movies etc.

Holding out for a reasonable price, but knowing Apple, it will be around the same cost as their entry level MacBooks...