[LINK] Great but not as a computer? [was: iPad]

[Ivan Trundle]

On 29/01/2010, at 4:24 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> At 01:43 PM 29/01/2010, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> 
>> ASUS thinks there may be a market...
>> <http://event.asus.com/eeepc/microsites/eeebox/en/features.html>
> 
> I think there may be price point issues with these compared to the 
> iPad. Is $500 US reasonable since you don't get all the functionality 
> you get with a similarly priced eepc? 

I reckon the iPad will be priced from AU$799, which might not be competitive with an eepc (which isn't a competitor anyway - the bulk of the people buying these devices don't do 'functionality', they'll be buying them to do things).

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