{"id":2581,"date":"2010-01-26T18:25:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T02:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2010-01-27T12:38:26","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T20:38:26","slug":"why-im-not-to-buy-the-apple-ipad-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/why-im-not-to-buy-the-apple-ipad-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Im not going to buy the Apple iPad. Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The apple iPad is finally out. And it’s pretty much what we expected; a really big and hyper powered iPhone\/iPod.\u00a0 Anyway, all in all, that’s ok. So why am I not buying one? Well it’s because I already have an iPhone. Now, if I was a big iPhone game player, we would be having a completely different conversation right now. Gaming on the tablet is the greatest. I think the demos was proof enough of that. Reading? Kindle killer. (yes I said it). But outside of gaming and reading, there is just not enough value that I do not already have on my iPhone to validate the cost.<\/p>\n

Now, what would I need to make the jump???<\/p>\n

First; jailbreak on the tablet. It’s running what I call iPhone OS4, so what, 3 months till jailbreak? That will go a long way for allowing me to perform VPN, Tethering, etc…\u00a0 Next; untethered this from iTunes!! And; Better google docs integration. I do not plan on writing a full doc from scratch or anything, but come on. How about Flash? I know it’s dying, but it’s not dead yet, but I know that will never happen. …<\/p>\n

Well, there is ONE thing they could do that will have me buy it. Lower the price.\u00a0 I would couch surf with this thing. Can you say CruchPad??\u00a0 The low cost version is $499, and thats pretty good, but I remember writing in a post that $299 would make me buy it right now, and $399… Yea I would think about it.<\/p>\n

As for getting it with 3G and paying the $30 a month??\u00a0 I think not. I really do not see myself talking this out that often. But you may ask, should I wait and buy the 3G version and simply move my chip from the iphone to the device?\u00a0 Again, drop this $100-200 and I would very seriously think about it.<\/p>\n

So even though I know this is not a sell for me, I can easily see people dropping the $700 for this. ESP gamers and travelers, readers would most likely go for the $500 version. As for me, I’ll wait 6 months and see if I can buy one used for $350..\u00a0 Yea, I can see $350 for a #CouchPad.<\/p>\n

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