Tony, your points don't directly address the original comment I quoted. No one produces anything like this at any price. No one else can at this moment in time either. Even MSI has announced their tablet is going to cost $500 and it's not going to have jack for touch-enabled apps.

I don't see how someone buying any Apple product is getting robbed, let alone "these" Apple products mentioned in that quote, which infers iPhone and iPad. No one else makes anything remotely similar to the iPhone at a price that can be considered "much lower." No one else makes a tablet with this complete a feature set at any price.