Comments on: The Apple Tablet saga: $500-$1,000 unit said to be on the way, with perhaps a 10-inch screen http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/22/the-apple-tablet-saga-500-1000-unit-said-to-be-on-the-way-with-perhaps-a-10-inch-screen/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:40:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pond http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/22/the-apple-tablet-saga-500-1000-unit-said-to-be-on-the-way-with-perhaps-a-10-inch-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-1062720 pond Fri, 22 May 2009 20:43:14 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/22/the-apple-tablet-saga-500-1000-unit-said-to-be-on-the-way-with-perhaps-a-10-inch-screen/#comment-1062720 There is a new MID just available that shows what might be possible: the SmartQ 7 MID with a 7" screen running Linux. Cost? $189. A brave bloke in Britain ordered one, it came, and he put up a few videos of it, including one where he raves about running the included FBReader on it: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1531883 As he notes, 'if it weren't for the issue of DRM, this could be a Kindle-beater.' Isn't it nice to live in a world with DRM? There is a new MID just available that shows what might be possible: the SmartQ 7 MID with a 7″ screen running Linux. Cost? $189.

A brave bloke in Britain ordered one, it came, and he put up a few videos of it, including one where he raves about running the included FBReader on it:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1531883

As he notes, ‘if it weren’t for the issue of DRM, this could be a Kindle-beater.’

Isn’t it nice to live in a world with DRM?

]]> By: Joseph Gray http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/22/the-apple-tablet-saga-500-1000-unit-said-to-be-on-the-way-with-perhaps-a-10-inch-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-1062620 Joseph Gray Fri, 22 May 2009 17:37:54 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/22/the-apple-tablet-saga-500-1000-unit-said-to-be-on-the-way-with-perhaps-a-10-inch-screen/#comment-1062620 Yep, at that price range it will sell to mostly Apple fanboys and the few others who can afford the luxury. I guess that quote about not knowing how to make an under $500 netbook also applies to tablets. Yep, at that price range it will sell to mostly Apple fanboys and the few others who can afford the luxury. I guess that quote about not knowing how to make an under $500 netbook also applies to tablets.

]]> By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/22/the-apple-tablet-saga-500-1000-unit-said-to-be-on-the-way-with-perhaps-a-10-inch-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-1062589 Steve Jordan Fri, 22 May 2009 16:23:56 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/22/the-apple-tablet-saga-500-1000-unit-said-to-be-on-the-way-with-perhaps-a-10-inch-screen/#comment-1062589 <blockquote>Wouldn’t it be funny if Apple gizmos, not Amazon-related hardware, were the most common brand used to read Kindle-format books on?</blockquote> At $500-$1000 a tablet? <em>Hilarious.</em>

Wouldn’t it be funny if Apple gizmos, not Amazon-related hardware, were the most common brand used to read Kindle-format books on?

At $500-$1000 a tablet? Hilarious.

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