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Fashion label Pierre Cardin has joined world+dog in trying to muscle in on the fondleslab phenomenon. Billed as the "UK's first designer tablet", the Pierre Cardin PC 7006G – based on Android 2.3 – is being flogged for a penny short of £300, or roughly £100 less than it would cost to buy an entry-level iPad. A product's …

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  1. cloudgazer

    Cardin is the poster child for over-licensing of brand names. This baby is going to be up against the galaxy tab and touchpad as expensive failures.

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  2. Ken 16 Silver badge
    Facepalm

    scarified

    strange altar

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  3. Ralph B
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    Muscle-Car Input Somewhat Overstated

    According to Wikipedia, Pierre Cardin was only responsible for the _interior_ of the 1972/73 AMC Javelins. His contribution was an $85 option.

    Still, I hope his tablet also comes with "six multi-colored stripes, in a tough satin-like nylon with a stain-resistant silicone finish".

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  4. Lloyd
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    Seriously?

    Pierre Cardin? Designer? Since when? Pierre Cardin is right of the bottom of that particular food chain.

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  5. Fred Flintstone Gold badge

    Class

    " it comes with a "tasteful case and uber-cool black gift box" which should impress the owner .. until they realise what's inside"

    Ah, I so love the house style sarcasm. Quality :-)

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  6. DrXym

    Aimed at the fashion conscious?

    I thought it was aimed at idiots who'd buy some subpar piece of tat just because it's encrusted with a few bits of glass.

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  7. Peladon

    Does it have....

    .... rounded corners?

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    1. DJV Silver badge
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      Coat

      Only if...

      ...it supports border-radius.

      Coat, get, leave...

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  8. Anonymous Coward
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    I for one look forward to ..

    the moiPad

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  9. Anonymous Coward
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    Peter Cardigan

    Hero to over-dressed mad uncles since 1953.

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  10. tmTM

    Absolutely no mention

    of hardware specs.

    I await the inevitable resistive touchscreen and 700 Mhz ARM 11 processor then.

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  11. perlcat
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    obhomersimpsonquote

    'Herman, how could you? We've all thought about counterfeiting jeans at one time or another, but what about the victims? Hard-working designers like Calvin Klein, Gloria Vanderbilt, or Antoine Bugle Boy. _These_ are the people who saw an overcrowded marketplace and said, "Me too!"'

    http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F21.html

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