I suppose there's a bit of irony here, because when the iPad was released people weren't sure what kind of niche it would fill. I mean, isn't a laptop more capable? Isn't a phone more portable?
So I don't want to rule out that it'll carve out its own niche. But I do think that they probably wanted this to be a $200 device and RAM prices prevented it. If this was cheap enough and customizable enough, it'd be...really nice to have this on the wall in the kids' bedrooms! They'd get a calendar, clock, intercom, access to music. That's actually a pretty compelling value proposition, but $300 is gonna be waaaaay outside of that for most people.
So I don't want to rule out that it'll carve out its own niche. But I do think that they probably wanted this to be a $200 device and RAM prices prevented it. If this was cheap enough and customizable enough, it'd be...really nice to have this on the wall in the kids' bedrooms! They'd get a calendar, clock, intercom, access to music. That's actually a pretty compelling value proposition, but $300 is gonna be waaaaay outside of that for most people.