It’s 2:40am here and I’m still up – have been watching the Apple iPad announcement for almost two hours. It is unbelievable. (The iPad, not the fact that I am still up. That’s just stupid.)
eReader (with dedicated bookstore – books in the open epub format so you should be able to easily import other books – and if they don’t officially sanction it, the hackers will still figure it out), video, music, games, internet (wifi and 3G models available), etc.
The most amazing thing is the pricing: $499 for the 16GB, $599 for the 32GB, and $699 for the 64GB. (If you want 3G connectivity it’s another $130 for each model, so $629, $729, and $829.)
They’re all being sold unlocked, and so should work with 3G simcards around the world . . . like Vietnam.
$499! I’m all over this. They ship in 60 days. Who wants to come to Vietnam sometime in May to bring me my iPad???
Oh, and let the age of book piracy officially begin. All it’s been waiting for has been a market, and with this thing coming out – especially with the open epub format – it’s game on.
Or, of course, you could go with this piece of junk running Windows:
Poor Microsoft. If I didn’t hate them so much I might feel sorry for them.
You’re such a geek. I’ll be interested to see how the iPad’s “bookstore” compares with amazon in terms of selection/pricing. As I wrote somewhere, my Kindle’s screen is getting pretty scratched; I’m sure I’ll be in the market in the coming year for either a new one or…something else.
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You’re such a geek. I’ll be interested to see how the iPad’s “bookstore” compares with amazon in terms of selection/pricing. As I wrote somewhere, my Kindle’s screen is getting pretty scratched; I’m sure I’ll be in the market in the coming year for either a new one or…something else.
OK, just watched the “how to read” video…that page turn is much faster than on a Kindle.