iPad prices

[smelly]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10103059.stm

* 16GB, wifi only - £429 inc vat
* 32GB, wifi only - £499 inc vat
* 64GB, wifi only - £599 inc vat
* 16GB, wifi/3G - £529 inc vat
* 32GB, wifi/3G - £599 inc vat
* 64GB, wifi/3G - £699 inc vat


too rich for me

[Bunjiweb]

what a waste of money.... Personally I will be waiting until tablets have matured a little, but i'd like to see what HP does with Palm's acquisition including WebOS, as well as the abundance of Android tablets that will be launching later this year...

Ben

[dave87]

iTax - was inevitable.



That said, some of the new convertible machines coming out look very interesting, and a rival for the iPad.

http://tv.hexus.net/show/2010/01/CES...Lenovo_IdeaPad


I like

[The_Wheelhouse]

£430 for the cheapest one, i can't personally see any practical use imo

Maybe if they launched something like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU4P6Z_Q_NM

[GheeTsar]

So more than the cost of a fairly decent laptop then. Nuts.

[Funkstar]

Zak, you still interested?

[Jay]

wow they are $499 in the US at the moment! I was there trying one out.

[Aard]

might as well just buy a good laptop

unless you want to stand in a coffee shop pretending to be interesting with it boring other apple loving folk with how great it is

[kalniel]

wow they are $499 in the US at the moment! I was there trying one out.

That's presumably ex. tax.

[noTHINGface]

Any reason you couldn't import from the US?

[burble]

That's presumably ex. tax.

Yep, but don't forget that not all states have sales tax so if you're in Oregon for example you would get one for $499.

[peterb]

Any reason you couldn't import from the US?

No - $500 is around £340 - add VAT at 17.5% gives about £400 and then add shipping and insurance to that total.

[Recoil]

Find someone who is going out to the states and ask them to pick one up for you? A guy at worked just paid £420 - inc a few quid for the guy who was out there, for the 32GB wifi. Apparently AT&T are forcing people to activate the 3G ones in the shop.

[kalniel]

Find someone who is going out to the states and ask them to pick one up for you?

As above, it doesn't save you much - you still have to pay VAT on it when you bring it into the country.

[Powderhound]

For some reason I just got an unsolicited email from Apple on this (I think they're exploiting my iTunes account... grr), in which they referred to 'unbelievable prices'. Ironically, it's true.

[Bunjiweb]

http://www.t3.com/news/educate-yours...pricing?=45353

Steve Jobs proves yet again that Apple is spiralling into nothing more than a technology cult, headed by an absolute moron!