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Old 12-18-2009, 12:33 PM  
DamianJ
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No...not everyone knows this. Until it's announced, it's still just rumor and fanboy speculation.
How much do you want to bet against apple releasing a 10.6 inch portable device in 2010?



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There are quite a few other companies making tablets and ereaders RIGHT NOW running full Windows 7, Linux or even Android for less than half of the rumored cost of the still unannounced Apple product.
Yup there sure are.

How many can do more than read a book and how many have deals with publishers?

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I don't want or need to be tied to a Telco for a tablet computer, it's not a phone. So anyone else who wants that will be paying the full speculated $800 price tag for what will amount to a giant iPod Touch.
Don't get one then. Choice is wonderful.

I don't think it will be a phone at all, but I think it may offer 3G insto-on like that nokia little lap top. Hence the telco subsidy. Possibly. Or not.

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