Apple Tablet Rumors....Mythical creatures, you're out...
Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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Rumors abound and people are clamoring to get a whiff of news about this beast. Is it big, is it little? Does it use apps, or an OS? Can I watch TV on it - can I edit movie on it?
If there is one thing that Apple is good at, it is keeping secrets. The IPod hit the market by storm, just when we thought Apple would be a relic at a museum. Then there was the IPhone, which you can't help seeing if you go out anywhere in the world.
So what will the Tablet be like?
One source says the following:
"The device, which I've held mock ups of, is going to have a 10 inch screen, and when I saw it looked just like a giant iPhone, with a black back— although that design could change at any time" they said, "with the same black resin back, and the familiar home button." That's obvious.
"But it will come in two editions, one with a webcam and one for educational use."
Educational use?
They continued to explain the device as something that would sit between an iPod/iPhone and a MacBook, and would cost $700 to $900—"More than twice as much as a netbook," they said.
To make up for that cost and make the device more than just a big iPod there was, this person claimed, there was talk of making the device act as a secondary screen/touchpad for iMacs and MacBooks, much like a few of the USB screens that have come out in recent months from Chinese companies. Very interesting.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5335942/an-insider-on-the-apple-tablet
Salivating yet? I know I am...
It has been confirmed by some insiders that the Apple Tablet will take some time to get used to, just as the IPod or IPhone user interfaces took some getting used to. But it shouldn't be a bad change by any means...Who doesn't love the swiping interface of the IPhone?
Set to come out at some TBA date sometime early this year, the Tablet promises to be an exciting kickoff to the new decade.
There have also been rumors that apparently a PC version (Slate) is supposed to be released, by Microsoft, and they are trying to get it out before the Apple Tablet...ah the beauty of free market competition...
So take a seat Big Foot...
Your sighting days are on sabbatical now...
More to come as rumors abound.
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