With most pay apps in the App Store running at $0.99 could most apps for the iPad be $9.99?
iWork for iPad will be $9.99 per app. That means you can have at Pages, Keynote, and Numbers for under $35.
With developers delivering quality content at such a low price point, can we see the same low prices if this low priced iPad becomes widely adopted?
I say it’s $10 for an app and $30 for a Grand Theft Auto Irish Mafia.
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Prices for the new device: 32GB for $599 and 64GB for $699 (Wi-Fi only version),
Shell out an extra $130 for 3G-capable models — so $629, $729 and $829.
Is the price right? Is the iPad a must-have or wait-and-see device?
The arrival of the iPad and the subsequent cheeping, chittering, cooing, peeping, chirupping and tweeting has blown a fuse on microblogging service Twitter.
If print media is looking for its messiah, the iPad just might be it: notice how amazing the paper looks plastered on the iPad’s screen above; the highest-quailty (don’t argue) journalism fused with the easiest -to-use tech.
It’s got in-line vidclips too. If they’ve imported some of the great ideas from Bonnier’s Mag+, they’ve got a huge winner. Would you pay to read the NYT on an iPad? I would.
It’s been 50 minutes into the event and There’s no sign of multi-tasking. To switch between apps, all they are doing is simply closing the current and opening a new – no ProSwitcher like card management. This is definitely going to be a deal breaker for the most who are planning to trade their netbook for this device.
Also, the screen’s got some good real-estate, seems like 2x the resolution of the iPhone. However,
Of all the people in the world, you’d think Cultofmac.com readers would go bonkers for the iPad. But judging from Twitter reactions, they’re not sold — and Steve hasn’t even mentioned the price yet!
Here’s some of the feedback tweets we’re getting:
@cultofmac Just a big iPhone, nothing special just yet.
@cultofmac i’m not sold. I mean why get this if you have an iphone or mac or both????
@cultofmac: It has huge borders!!! and i hoped to see usb conectors for the #ipad
The iPad is revolutionizing the way we use email, the web, play music, browse through images, and watch movies/tv. Here’s a preview on how they look on the iPad:
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There were so many possible names for Apple’s new device.
Now we know the super-slablet has been christened the iPad.
Let us know what you think of the name and what you would’ve named it in the comments.