Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year
Ivan | Mon, 2009-07-27 16:10
Rumor: After four years of meticulous development riddled with setbacks, Apple is now racing toward an early 2010 launch of a device that may see the electronics maker redefine the portable computing market for the second time in twice as many years.
I so wish this was true.
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This one quotes launch as early as September:
http://mashable.com/2009/07/27/apple-tablet/
Are these images for real? This screen looks big. What is the resolution?
I wish this were true too. I wish people would stop speculating until there's some real proof of it actually happening out there.
Tablets are great in the educational and medical spaces, but what would the consumer rather carry around?
1. An iPhone
2. A laptop
3. A hybrid that has the worst characteristics of both
I'd say the Tablet is #3 and that's why Apple won't do it. And if they do, it is a really niche product that won't do very well; just like the Cube and the LIsa. :D
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You people are mental! This type technology won't exist for 20 years!
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I know a lot of people see it as being a niche product, but man do I love the idea of a touch screen tablet. More portable and practical than a laptop, plus you can easily attach a keyboard to it, and it then becomes a good desk computer for heavy writing needs. Maybe I'm too geeky for my own good, but I think it could do really well if the software is ready. I think it could let to for ebooks what they did for mp3s.
I want one! :)
I'd rather carry around this then a laptop for sure.
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JC likes this. :-)
How would this 'redefine' the portable computing market? There have been tablet PCs available for the better part of the decade. Not to say that Apple wouldn't find a way to improve on it, but its hardly revolutionary.
@volitionart: Don't underestimate the power of Apple. :-))
I certainly don't underestimate them, but they're years short of being able to say they are going to revolutionize computing through tablets.
If they could somehow create a program that would allow us artists to sketch directly on the tablet and create true-to-life marks, then I would be sold. Anything short of that is nothing new.