Poll: At this time, do you feel Apple Tablet rumors were based in reality?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll: At this time, do you feel Apple Tablet rumors were based in reality? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=127&ref=forums.macrumors.com)

[MrMacMan]

I say no.

I've seen them for years, they come and go and come back again... but what do we have?

Nothing, we have a MP3 player that is IT. I don't want to hear another one of these rumors intill I have a picture in front of me with arns best sources saying 'hell yes it is coming'.

The are just very annoying to hear them now.

[rainman::|:|]

i'm willing to bet they had several models designed and at least one working prototype tablet. apple designs so much stuff that never makes it to retail, i would bet they have had tablets for a couple of years now.

they'll never get released, but probably kept in development until the tablet craze is over... i give it another 20 minutes or so...

pnw

[dricci]

I'm guessing Apple will release a tablet within the next two years.

[kettle]

I dreamt of one last night.
It's not that I want one or would ever think I could find a practical use for one, it's just that when I saw one I couldn't believe my eyes, I got really annoyed and all Mac obsesive about it. I can't even picture it that well in my head, I just knew it was a mac and I wanted that guys toy all for myself.

sorry for being pointless and an air head but I wake up, logon and what do you know, a tablet discussion.

weird.:confused:

[mangoman]

I've said it before (and, yup... I'll say it again): Apple can build a tablet, and chances are excellent that I'll buy it. But if it ain't drop-proof, then forget it.

Still loving my ten-year-old Casio G-Shock watch,

mangoman

[bennetsaysargh]

why are we bothering to still talk about tablet rumors when we know they are not true and will not even possibly be release for a while if they ever are released?

[mangoman]

...because we're over-stimulated Americans, bloated with materialistic lust and a sick need to buy more ***** that we really don't need.

How's that?

[kettle]

Originally posted by mangoman
...because we're over-stimulated Americans, bloated with materialistic lust and a sick need to buy more ***** that we really don't need.

How's that?

That's the Badger!

and I'm not American, but then why would I need to be?

[howard]

all those tablet rumors came out in full force when microsoft released there tablet pcs. people probably just wished that apple had a counter attack for them. personally i would not buy a tablet pc, would never use its tablet functions or pay the high price that they would for sure be.

[MacFan25]

I think that an Apple tablet would be neat, but I would doubt that I would buy one, because they would probably be expensive. Maybe in a few years Apple will come out with one.

[medea]

I'm sure apple will release something tablet-esque soon, I brought out inkwell for something and I doubt it was meant for just third-party hardware. My bet would be a new laptop with a handwriting recog screen.

[gotohamish]

Yeah, they've got prototypes, but whether there's any chance of it seeing the light of day in the next 18months is anyone's guess.

[Wry Cooter]

Originally posted by gotohamish
Yeah, they've got prototypes, but whether there's any chance of it seeing the light of day in the next 18months is anyone's guess.

I think it could happen, and they should aim at a price point at the bottom of their line. Give it a low wattage fast G3, firewire, USB, airport, bluetooth built it. Sell bluetooth keyboards and mice for it for those that want it, give it a 40 gig hard disk at least, about the size of a 12 inch ibook screen. If you buy a mouse and keyboard, it costs more than a comparable iBook. The big cost is the touchscreen.

Or they could simply give an iBook a touch screen and a removeable or able to be disabled keyboard that can be folded back completely.

But the Wintel world is doing this as Net computers already.. a touch screen for 300 bucks or so with wireless access to your desktop computer in the other room. I think that is feasible as well, but should be more independant to make a killer product for the educational market. I don't think the remote wireless touch screens are selling that well for the wintel world yet, but apple could do it better.

[jaykk]

I think apple still belives that a laptop with a keyboard is more useful than a tablet. I could apple releasing a super-mini laptop - 10" screen with no optical drive. That will be more useful than a tablet pc.

[zach]

i think that these tablet rumors will prove themselves to be true
tomorrow, in the form of a new Newton.... I wish. Well, i really dont think these tablets will appear, although i would be the happiest person in the world if they did.

[Wry Cooter]

Why is everyone so certain something is going to happen TOMORROW?

[mangoman]

I'll rephrase my previous answer:

...because we're over-stimulated Americans, bloated with materialistic lust and a sick need to buy more ***** that we really don't need. And we want it now, or at least tomorrow...

How's that?

[beez7777]

they've had prototypes for a while, these are from the apple design book. not sure if these are tablets, or what.

[Wry Cooter]

Originally posted by beez7777
they've had prototypes for a while, these are from the apple design book. not sure if these are tablets, or what.

I bet they are from before the Return of Steve, back in the rainbow age.