It is confirmed that Apple are releasing something on January 27th. The carefully leaked information would point to the fabled Apple Tablet being released into the wild to gallop free, trampling all before it. While I consider myself an early adopter, I do have a set of rules I play to. I buy what I think is going to be useful to me, rather than what is a funky thing to have.
Let me say up front I am NOT an Apple fangrrl, nor ever have been, but when the iPhone was released in Australia I stood in line at 4am to buy. Not because I wanted to be the first on the block (well maybe a little) but because I really wanted a hand held computing device that would suit my need to be connected at all times and not “really” be a mobile phone. I was never a 3 month changer of phone kit, but I did upgrade the components of my PCs on a regular basis. I have been on cable broadband since it was released in Australia and on the internet since, well since there was videotex. So if I am painting the picture clearly here, I early adopt what I need, but leave the toys for later.
So the Apple tablet, do I need it…welllll no. Would I like one? Hell yes. Am I going to pay for one this round? Nope. I will probably salivate over the people who will be at Ed Dale’s 30DC Home 2 conference that will have one. I am sure Ed will be flashing his about, but I will be strong.
Planned and executed my exit from the corporate world. Walked away with a 6 figure payment to boot.
Let’s see how you can hold out after the 27th…
.-= Ed Dale´s last blog ..Yet More Made in iPhone Photograpy =-.
heh… it will hurt but I am a hard woman when I make my mind up
HAHA that’s great I was a “mac” guy all through the 90s these days I use Macs at work and PCs at home
I agree with you about the tablet. When the iPhone came out it had some issues that were not fixed until later. It seems almost inevitable that the situation will be similar with this product too. So if I get it at all, I won’t be getting the first version of it.