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Mossberg I am here at my friend's Apple Steve Jobs's
event I am so excited.
Oh Steve Jobs is speaking today,
Apparently, I am not sure:
Is that right?
Yeah, what do you think? what's the deal?
Steve Jobs is gonna to introduce some exciting
product today.
Do you think if it was rainy he keep
us out like this, I think he would don't you think?
In his little [inaudible] of geeks.
Yeah, I think that's right.
Are you going to be reviewing it obviously?
I'll be reviewing it when I have one to test for
a period that makes it possible to really do a
good review.
Interesting, and lastly tables haven't
had that much of a history, what is the
history of tablets given your long and ..?
The history of tablets it's been that they've all been
failures and the question is, with the possible
exception of the Kindle.
Right.
If you want to count that as a tablet but I would note.
That's like black and white television.
That is like a single purpose
black and white thing which Amazon to my
knowledge is never actually announced how
many they've sold.
Right
But I think what we are
going to find out with this product if is indeed
a tablet. Is can you create a market for something
that never had a market before.
Right.
By making it
either better as a device or delivering a lot of
content or services.
They are delivering the tablet,
you can hear [sirens in the background].
To it that
other tablets didn't have so that is going to be the
interesting question.
Indeed Mossberg, well I am glad to be here with you.
I am glad to be here with you.
I am going to go get a bagel now. OK.
Good, go get a bagel.
Steve Jobs with Mossberg.
Why should she buy a book for $14.99 when compared
she can buy one for $9.99 from Amazon?
Or from Barne's and Noble on the Nook?
Well that won't be the case.
YOu mean you won't be $14.99 or they won't be $9.99?
The prices will be the same.
OK.
So I am not happy with it.
Really?
A bit more than $10.
Music takes a lot more than $10?
Oh music, it is a hundred and forty-something hours, I think.
Of continuous music playback.
140 hours? Really?
And for reading, how about reading?
10 is over 10 hours, because you know, Amazon..
It's all about ... It's all about the display,
our chips don't use hardly any power.
But that's the key, you are doing an ebook reader
that isn't using ink is using really beautiful
colors, LEDs.
And you can read at night but then
again, there is a battery cost to this you know?
There isn't because you just end up plugging it in.
The same as docking it or whatever you're going to
do with it.
It's not a big deal.
10 hours is a long time.
Because you dont, you're not going to read for 10 hours.
So, should I write my review of this, on this?
Sure, in Pages, write in Pages.
I can save it as a
word document on the Mac, ah?
Yes, you can.
And then send it .... 'cause believe me
the editors don't anything about Pages.
You can export it to,
you can make a Word version, write it in Pages
you can make a Word version and send it in
an email to your editor.
All from here?
Yeah.
Hi Kara, how are you?
Hi, how are you doing?
we see the pad.
This was your first Apple event
Kara, let me interview you.
How did you feel about it?
It was just fine Walt, I've been to many of these
things, I can't say enough myself, but it was a nice
product, what do you think, what do you think?
Well, I think they still have this big challenge of
convincing people that they need something that
is too big to go in their packet and yet not a full
computer and that it really will enhance their life.
And I think they made, .. they laid out their strong
case today, and they did some, some I think powerful
positive things, one was the price.
Right! $499 Boom!
Boom is less than the iPhone introduced at. Right!
And is less than the .. it's about what a Trio
used to cost and is more expensive than
most Netbooks but is not that much more expensive.
Right in there.
And for a company
known for high prices, I think that will shock
other people in the industry.
What else is importnat?
I think their user interphase, I think they
have kind of built on the iPhone user interphase in
a way that lets you do a lot more things because
they have a bigger screen.
They put a productivity suite in there and
something kinda like their version of Microsoft
Office running right on this tablet.
So I noticed you're asking Jobs if you can write your
column on it.
Jobs came over to see you
He came over.
Made a bee line for the Mossberg
To get my reaction to the
fact that it was only $499 because I had told him
when he told me at one point it probably would be
under $1000 I said that's code for $999.
So he wanted to come over and say see?
I told you, playing with the Mossberg.
Anything else?
I am going to have to review it.
I am going to have test it and see.
The 10 hours of battery life you're going to test?
The 10 hours of battery life, if is true.
You'll find out if is that's so.
And he also said it
actually gets more than 10 hours on certain functions
so we'll see but ...
Excellent Mossberg
But youknow is going to be up to the public.
It's been very exciting doing this with you,
I have to say in our long career together.
It's good to be with you Kara.
Thank you, bye.
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