Apple can make a tablet for $499 and people will seriously consider it. Heck, I'd go down to the nearest Apple store and ogle the thing myself. I was one of the early adopters who paid 600 bucks for an iPhone, so I don't consider that terribly overpriced.
But $499.00 for a product from an unknown entity like Fusion Garage? eh. from what I've seen of them so far, they don't have Apple's flair for design. So now it's more of a stretch. They'll get some sales from gadget-happy early adopters, but it's going to take a whole lot of feel-good word-of-mouth reporting in the blogosphere before it will hit the mainstream.
But $499.00 for a product from an unknown entity like Fusion Garage? eh. from what I've seen of them so far, they don't have Apple's flair for design. So now it's more of a stretch. They'll get some sales from gadget-happy early adopters, but it's going to take a whole lot of feel-good word-of-mouth reporting in the blogosphere before it will hit the mainstream.