Considering Apple’s preferred margins, there is no way that Apple will sell this device for anything less than pennies under $1,000. The precedent is there. And I think they’ve learned the folly of their ways with tying up with a single provider. There’s no need if it’s wi-fi capable. 3G? What for? This is much more a device for class rooms and board rooms, possibly hospitals, but marginal at airports, and dubious at best in a vehicle at best. Too much vibration to concentrate well on a screen and do touch screen with any accuracy.

I seriously think it’s a stretch to think this will roll out as soon as predicted. And it’s NOT going to be a cheap product.

Does anybody track this guy’s predictions?

Until Apple officially unveils a tablet, the device will stay firmly planted in the world of speculation and rumor.

So why keep wasting time on it?

“I have nothing meaningful to say, but I’ll write and post it anyhow…”

Too much vibration to concentrate well on a screen and do touch screen with any accuracy.

Does basic safe driving — i.e., leaving all other electronic devices ALONE while at the wheel — ever come into this question?

Does basic safe driving — i.e., leaving all other electronic devices ALONE while at the wheel — ever come into this question?

No, because your definition of “safe driving” is silly. And don’t even go to the “just talking on the phone is distracting”. The numbers lie, just like that “1 = 0” proof you probably saw in your algebra class in high school. How is it that as cell phone adoption and use has gone from 0 to everybody in the past 15 years, accidents and deaths have actually gone down relative to vehicle miles travelled?

On net, cell phones in cars probably save lives. For example, the other day, I was behind this old broad who couldn’t stay in her lane because she was either too old to drive or drunk or both. So I tapped the Bluetooth and called 911 on her and probably saved her elderly husband from a diaper change.

What a charmer you are, Bosco.