As for the topic at hand, it's clear Apple realizes their sales highly depend on the Reality Distortion Field they're able to project, and this is nothing but a (failed) attempt to increase its range. The loyalists continue to be loyal, the indecisive continues to not really care, and everybody else is still laughing at it. Their magic has convinced absolutely no one.
They had a segment on the iPad one of our early morning TV shows here in Oz (Sunrise, I think), and the host seemed to be none too impressed with it. While he said that it looked pretty, it lacked features and functions he took for granted and were standard in his netbook. He also expressed concern with regard to cost and value for money... "Is what you get really worth the outlay?"
While prices in Australia have yet to be officially announced, several industry commentators are tipping the 16gb model to start around $999 AUD, with the 64gb model's starting price likely to be around $1200 to $1300 AUD.
Hmmm, it's a bit too rich for me... besides having to buy a couple of pairs of new pants on top of it.
