UK iPad prices and launch date annouced

[Lance]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10103059.stm

Apple has announced that its iPad tablet computer will go on sale in nine countries outside the US on 28 May.

[pctech]

Maybe the next iPhone will be called the iPad lite?

[Steve]

Sounds like the name of a sanitary product.

[Inkblot]

Sounds like the name of a sanitary product.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eF0y0IfpPU

[Rik]

Sounds like the name of a sanitary product.

[Steve]

Anyone pre-ordering tomorrow then?

[Rik]

Sue's just hidden my credit card.

[Steve]

I think I'll wait,the price will come down in the future as the spec improves but tomorrow's another day.

[Rik]

And there will be a new and higher spec model to attract us.

[lozcart]

Anyone pre-ordering tomorrow then?

Yep, 16GB Wifi 

[Lance]

I would like one, but can't justify the price 

[Rik]

It never stopped Sebby.

[pctech]

Trouble is folks if you are willing to pay these prices Jobs will just keep hiking the price for the next version.



Hold off, make Apple think they've come out with a turkey and the price will drop.

[Steve]

But I think the cost of the iphone has fallen even with spec increases,presumably this relates to the reduction in manufacturing costs as the product matures, although Jobs claims the iPad is being sold at a rocket bottom price,time will tell. We are paying a lot more in the UK for the iPad than in the US,the reason Jobs gave was due to the cost of doing business in the UK.

[Rik]

Why is it that companies tell us that, and the politicians tell us the opposite?

[pctech]

Pity the poor American billionaire and his company that is barely getting by NOT

[Rik]

 

They all say the same. I liked Adobe's comment best, something to the effect that UK customers preferred to have stable pricing than a system which reflected the current exchange rate. They didn't ask me about that.

[Steve]

Jobs reply when asked about UK pricing was to state that 17.5% VAT is added automatically where as in the US,sales tax is not applied uniformly therefore US prices are without sales tax. Still it costs us $40 more for the basic 16Gb wifi. The only good news was the Germans are paying more due to a copyright levy on new computers.

[Rik]

Shame it's not the French. 

[adamr8965]

HOW much wont be ordering one of those.

[pctech]

I registered the domain I use for my main e-mail through an American company (as I wanted a .com) as it was far cheaper thanks to the exchange rate than it would have been to register through a UK registrar.

[Simon]

UK iPad prices: another great rip-off

Apple has announced the UK prices for its iPad tablet, and once again British buyers are being forced to pay a hefty premium.  It also appears that customers who pay for the 3G models will get no discount on the hardware, even when they pay for expensive monthly tariffs.  The cheapest iPad, the 16GB Wi-Fi-only model, will cost £429 inc VAT. That same model is on sale in the US for $499, which is only £340 at today's exchange rate.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/357796/uk-ipad-prices-another-great-rip-off

[D-Dan]

Apple have done a few things recently that have convinced me never to buy one of their products. In particular, the latest round of restrictions in their license agreement preventing anyone developing software on none-Apple machines (which is why Adobe are so critical lately, since it kills cross compiled flash applications dead in the water).

MS may be an undesirable bunch of idiots hell bent on world domination, but at least they give the world a chance to try. Apple lock the world out if they don't work their way.

Now, back to grub to configure Ubuntu as the default OS again.

Steve

[Steve]

UK iPad prices: another great rip-off

Apple has announced the UK prices for its iPad tablet, and once again British buyers are being forced to pay a hefty premium.  It also appears that customers who pay for the 3G models will get no discount on the hardware, even when they pay for expensive monthly tariffs.  The cheapest iPad, the 16GB Wi-Fi-only model, will cost £429 inc VAT. That same model is on sale in the US for $499, which is only £340 at today's exchange rate.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/357796/uk-ipad-prices-another-great-rip-off

Not forgetting you have to add 0-11.5% sales tax on to the US price depending on which US State you live in. It still dearer here but not as big a rip off as their headline implies

[lozcart]

 Has anyone else pre-ordered?