A source who has contact with an Apple employee today told the Cult of Mac that the expected iTablet can have an interface with a “steep learning curve”, that is, not so easy / objective right at the first contact.
If the rumor is true, we can basically conclude two things: 1. that iSlate comes with a very different interface from those we already know on Mac OS X and iPhone OS, and 2. that the UI may have been thought of in a revolutionary way, so cool / interesting that it needs to be relearned by the users.
The talk about Ma Grande's tablet, which already has an analyst estimating its production cost: Jeffrey Fidacaro, from Susquehanna Financial, told the Fortune Brainstorm Tech that, considering what we already know about the iPhone 3GS, iPad manufacturing would cost less than $ 350.
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The estimate, as we have already reported, is that the product will cost less than $ 1,000. To be more precise, many bet on something around $ 700-800. Yesterday was the turn of the BusinessWeek to corroborate recent rumors about the product, once again betting on an advertisement in January and availability in March.
