More Claimed Images of Apple Tablet Bezel

[MacRumors]

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Following up last week's report (http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/11/questionable-tablet-bezel-image-surfaces/) of a claimed image of Apple's tablet "glass" that appears to be more accurately described as the front bezel, The Mac Observer has received two additional images (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/more_tablet_glass_photos_scale_backs_up_10_speculation/) that provide a greater sense of scale for the part.


http://images.macrumors.com/article/2010/01/20/135016-questionable_tablet_bezel_3_300.jpg

The Mac Observer again notes that it has been unable to corroborate the information presented in the images, and we remain skeptical of their claims.

Article Link: More Claimed Images of Apple Tablet Bezel (http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/20/more-claimed-images-of-apple-tablet-bezel/)

[vincebio]

i hope not apple. you can do so much better than that Jonny Ive!

[Some_Big_Spoon]

I get the camera hole, but why the ear piece hole? You'll look like a wee muppet baby holding it up to your ear. I call fake, or prototype based on that. The rest seems standard "big iPod"

[dalvin200]

if the tablet device looks like that, then jonny ive needs his brain examined! lol

[QEII Student IT]

I think MacRumors Page 2 expresses my views on the truthfulness of this.

Perhaps MacObserver just needed some attention, noting the large logo.

[Evangelion]

I get the camera hole

that's the hole for the home-button, not camera.

but why the ear piece hole?

That's what makes me believe that these are fake. But it could be for something else.

[CaryMacGuy]

There is no reason that an ear piece would be on that device...if it were to be a speaker, it would be in a different place. Nope, sorry nothing here.

[crees!]

The dimensions of it just look off. Like it would be too wide and narrow as a tablet.

[vwDavid]

probably just a bezel for those enormous iphone giants used for promotions in apple stores...

[spillproof]

Enlarged iPhone 4G?

[lifeinhd]

Why were the images of the bezel that didn't show the scale on the front page, but these are on Page 2?

[Cander]

Why were the images of the bezel that didn't show the scale on the front page, but these are on Page 2?

The images without the scale were on Page 2.

[miles01110]

What an amazingly inefficient use of screen real estate if it's real. The black areas on either side make it look even less appealing that it would be without. They should make it look like the Macbook Pro screens... uniform black border all around.

[Storm Shadow]

Also, has anyone thought that the home button-type hole looks a little big??!

That hole is at least as big as on of the keys on the keyboard in the background. Why would a button need to be that big? Even the power button on my Macbook Pro is smaller than that.

[wildcardd]

And doesn't the keyboard look weird behind the bezel? It is like I am seeing one of those book reading magnifiers. Agree about the ear hole though...definately an ugly fake.

[jav6454]

The highly unlikeliness of this pictures is a good reason for them to be in Page 2.

[DevinPitcher]

Fake.

[superknoppix]

Fake.

Could just be the surface on which (the fake) bezel is on is bent. If is was placed on a piece of printer paper on an uneven surface, it would cause the messed up shadow...

[akhentek]

this does not make sense... earhole?

will have to call this one fake

[hobbbz]

Here are my PS measurements. The 10.1 diagonal shifted for some reason so subtract a little from all the numbers.

[Doctor Q]

Fake.
The shadow doesn't necessarily mean that the glass is bent. The surface on which it rests could be bent.

[superknoppix]

Could just be the surface on which (the fake) bezel is on is bent. If is was placed on a piece of printer paper on an uneven surface, it would cause the messed up shadow...

The shadow doesn't necessarily mean that the glass is bent. The surface on which it rests could be bent.

I just said that....:)

[pavenger]

Its hard to tell due to the plastic wrap and the stereotypical low res "leaked" photos, but could the hole we're seeing for the alleged home button me on the back and maybe its a big power button? like think of the bezel as covering the front and partially covering the top and bottom on the back side? Get what im saying?.... Just a thought...

[Full of Win]

Why can't these people buy a Nikon D90 of D300s? Hey, how about a Nikon D700.

These noisy images are crap.

[Cander]

Why can't these people buy a Nikon D90 of D300s? Hey, how about a Nikon D700.

These noisy images are crap.

Or just use the camera they have and turn some freaking lights on. :D

[slffl]

Looks good to me. For all the whiners above, you need edges because how do you expect to hold the thing? And the home button and speaker being in the middle allow right and left handed use.

[nagromme]

I expect the bottom to look like a MacBook Air... but I suppose the top could still look like an iPod. All-glass makes sense regardless of size.

[Doctor Q]

I just said that....:)
Yes you did. We were both typing at the same time.

I think the tablet has been hiding in plain sight (http://www.walyou.com/img/iphone-art-creations-giant-iphone-2.jpg) all along!

[Surely]

Yes you did. We were both typing at the same time.

I think the tablet has been hiding in plain sight (http://www.walyou.com/img/iphone-art-creations-giant-iphone-2.jpg) all along!

Heh-heh.

Nice.

[Jamo12]

Fake.

The kind of glass that Apple uses can bend. My new MacBook Pro (w/ SD-card slot) had the glass panel on the front of the screen come partially off (Thanks to a factory error with the glue that holds it on [Which Apple fixed very quickly. I got my computer back in a total of 18 hours]) And it had a good amount of give to it.

Why can't these people buy a Nikon D90 of D300s? Hey, how about a Nikon D700.

These noisy images are crap.

I agree with noisy images being crap, but no most people can't or don't want to get a $700+ camera. Besides any halfway decent, $120+ camera could take a perfectly fine picture to post on a website.

EDIT: And I am 99.9999947352272% sure that this is fake.

[guzhogi]

I think MacRumors Page 2 expresses my views on the truthfulness of this.

Perhaps MacObserver just needed some attention, noting the large logo.

Don't forget, Page 2 does sometimes have true stories while the front page has only rumored things. Just depends on how interesting it is. How many articles have you seen on the front page about the tablet? That's still only a rumor, right? Then why is there an article about EFI firmware updates on page 2, even though that's actually true?

[miles01110]

Looks good to me. For all the whiners above, you need edges because how do you expect to hold the thing?

With your hands resting on the underside... Why would you need edges that pronounced anyways?


Besides any halfway decent, $120+ camera could take a perfectly fine picture to post on a website.

I think the point is that these images aren't even from a halfway decent $120 camera.

[NightCastle]

Fake.

It appears to be sitting on a pillow to me. A pillow that is not a perfectly flat surface, one that has a curved surface.

[Lesser Evets]

The side areas would get in the way of any thumb typing.... then again, this has a sexy new interface. Who knows.

I believe the thing would be just a screen with minor border. Home and off buttons would be up and off the sides. However, the ear hole would be the speaker place... would hope they used a stereo set of speakers.

If this is real, it's a little disappointing in terms of design.

[RoboCop001]

In other news, archeologists in Egypt uncovered what appears to be an ancestor of what we know today as the iPhone.

Preliminary studies have shown that it was able to survive by evolving a superlung that operates much like today's iPhone, where air only passes one way.

This gave it the ability to absorb more oxygen from the then oxygen-low atmosphere of the Triasic period, and also allowed it to grow many times the size of today's iPhone.

Preserved stomach contents and plastic marrow indicate that it was mostly vegetarian, limiting it's carnivorous diet to small insects and the early Nokia handsets of the time.

Scientists are still analyzing their find, but they have no doubt that this is indeed a breakthrough discovery for what life must have been like for one of the earliest iPhones to exist on the earth.

[matthewHUB]

Guys look closely!

As one poster above said -- it's printed on a transparency sheet

Until you realise that it is, it looks pretty convincing as a real object, not just an image. haha!

[Matthew Yohe]

Guys look closely!

As one poster above said -- it's printed on a transparency sheet

Until you realise that it is, it looks pretty convincing as a real object, not just an image. haha!

No.

[RoboCop001]

Guys look closely!

As one poster above said -- it's printed on a transparency sheet

Until you realise that it is, it looks pretty convincing as a real object, not just an image. haha!

No.


I loled because you guys have the same name.

[MacPhilosopher]

Cracks me up as much as the first posting. Why on earth would there be a giant slit for your ear on a Tablet? Come on fakers, at least PS out the ear slit.

[hobbbz]

Cracks me up as much as the first posting. Why on earth would there be a giant slit for your ear on a Tablet? Come on fakers, at least PS out the ear slit.

THE SLIT IS FOR A SPEAKER

[kernkraft]

It seems that I speak for others too, when I say that I hope that this oversized iPhone imitation is not going to be the actual bezel of any Apple device.

Two years ago, this would have looked cool. Today, it is dated and unimaginative. On top of that, the ratios do not add up... It's a fake, isn't it? It's not even an actual plastic peace.

[Wayfarer]

http://www.pikachushideaway.com/fnews/smillies/icon_music_note.gif I want to believe...http://www.pikachushideaway.com/fnews/smillies/icon_music_note.gif
http://www.pikachushideaway.com/fnews/smillies/icon_music_note.gif Ohhhh, I want to believe!http://www.pikachushideaway.com/fnews/smillies/icon_music_note.gif

[jeznav]

Funny, there was a detailed comment from a poster a week back whom he'd described from a friend who works in a dialysis center treating an Apple Executive. His friend thought she was looking at a "big iPhone" but a prototype coming out in a few months.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=9086424&postcount=38
http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=9088096&postcount=75

I'm seriously doubting the poster, but having pics especially looking like a large iPhone is making me ponder. Whether its fake or not, it still looks nice while paralleling the simplicity of iPhone's form factor.

[jeznav]

There is no reason that an ear piece would be on that device...if it were to be a speaker, it would be in a different place. Nope, sorry nothing here.

Think about it... If this thing were to be faked, why would a faker put an earpiece in the first place? Hmmm..(perhaps to throw us off)

I've seen tons of iTablet mockups and they don't have an earpiece like the one shown here...

In addition, audio is best heard coming out from the front not the side.

[nickXedge]

This better not be real. This thing looks so stupid. To anyone who actually wants it to look like this... WHY!? As others have said, Johnny Ive can definitely come up with a way more appealing design. If this is really it, how lazy of Apple, really.

[creator2456]

Fake.

Have you not seen a glass bowl? Or a curved glass window?

Glass CAN be curved and it is relatively simple to do.

Now, the functionality of it might be less and the screen behind it would need to be something special. But that is not out of Apple's realm of reality.

[Some_Big_Spoon]

I'm getting that put on a T-Shirt.

THE SLIT IS FOR A SPEAKER

[Illusion986]

They probably used the same camera everyone always uses to photograph Bigfoot. :rolleyes:

[MattInOz]

Yes you did. We were both typing at the same time.

I think the tablet has been hiding in plain sight (http://www.walyou.com/img/iphone-art-creations-giant-iphone-2.jpg) all along!

Maybe this 10inch tablet with all the rumors is just a smaller counter top version of the giant iPhone.

[DevinPitcher]

Have you not seen a glass bowl? Or a curved glass window?

Glass CAN be curved and it is relatively simple to do.

Now, the functionality of it might be less and the screen behind it would need to be something special. But that is not out of Apple's realm of reality.

I know that glass can be curved. :p

Its very unlikely Apple would make a curved tablet though.

[thecartoonguy]

THE SLIT IS FOR A SPEAKER

You spit in the beaker? Speak up man! User larger a font and put it in bold so we can all hear you!

[Bennieboy©]

nothing to scale it against, it looks big enough to be used as a coffee table in a living room :O

[RawBert]

A FAKE. Quite obvious!

[Andy-V]

THE SLIT IS FOR A SPEAKER

I love mono!

[KingYaba]

It's fake I can totally tell by the pixels.

[ChocoTaco]

Is it just a fluke that they put it over a keyboard like that or is this a major clue?

Because this is exactly what I think the tablet will do -- replace our keyboard and mouse -- a super FingerWorks keyboard/ Cintiq drawing pad combo that can double as a tablet around the house and on the go.

[Fender321]

I'm pretty convinced it's real. The screen size is correct. You can see the very thin piece of clear plastic that's on top of it that all touchscreen devices have when you buy them new. It's obviously resting on a soft surface, like a pillow or bed, which accounts for the shadow.

Whether it's from a prototype or what will be announced next week, who knows, but looks real to me.

[hobbbz]

I love mono!

Good! The iPhone is mono! The only time stereo would matter would be with headphones.

[cmaier]

That thing looks stupid.

[rstansby]

probably just a bezel for those enormous iphone giants used for promotions in apple stores...

I think you nailed it.

[rstansby]

Is it just a fluke that they put it over a keyboard like that or is this a major clue?

Because this is exactly what I think the tablet will do -- replace our keyboard and mouse -- a super FingerWorks keyboard/ Cintiq drawing pad combo that can double as a tablet around the house and on the go.

+1 (Except rather than "replace", maybe this will just supplement the keyboard and mouse.)

[bretm]

Could just be the surface on which (the fake) bezel is on is bent. If is was placed on a piece of printer paper on an uneven surface, it would cause the messed up shadow...

Well considering it's laying on a curved pillow of sorts, you are correct and the shadow analysis is ridiculous.

But it brings up the question... "Why the hell is is laying on a doily pillow?" What, is that at Ive's grandma's house or something?

[bretm]

THE SLIT IS FOR A SPEAKER

Correct. A speaker you have to put your ear up to to hear. If a speaker is meant to resound through the open air any distance at all, it shoudldn't be impeded like that. A grouping of holes would be a better choice, no?

[ChocoTaco]

+1 (Except rather than "replace", maybe this will just supplement the keyboard and mouse.)

It's very possible that this would be like a peripheral.. But I think the direction all this stuff Apple is doing is to revolutionize how we interact with our computers. The keyboard and mouse combo sure seems archaic these days. It boggles my mind we haven't come up with something drastically better by now.

If this is in fact the tablet glass here the size being almost identical to the keyboard size of the laptop seems like a big sign that could be the intent here.

[bretm]

Is it just a fluke that they put it over a keyboard like that or is this a major clue?

Because this is exactly what I think the tablet will do -- replace our keyboard and mouse -- a super FingerWorks keyboard/ Cintiq drawing pad combo that can double as a tablet around the house and on the go.

I think you might be onto something. Considering the paint splatter in the invite, the stylus patents, the type recognition, and the rumor that it's going to be unexpected. Everyone knows that the smaller size computer/tablet hasn't either been that acceptable or profitable in the past and that Apple doesn't want to cannibalize it's macbook line, they must want to do some sort of additional appliance that will be an addition to ANY computer user. If for $700 it can be a on screen stylus painting device (like Wacom), and notepad to text recognition device, a device with the 4.0 type OS of the iphone (rumored to be more like a computer) and running iphone apps for portability as well as a reworked ilife/iwork suite complete with tablet versions and a drawing app, an on screen keyboard, and more we haven't figured out then this would be an amazing little device nobody knew they needed. The artist with the laptop and the iphone and the tower might want it for the drawing. A family without a laptop might find it's great to lie around the house for paying bills and games. And the business user might find it a lighter option to their laptop (but as it won't be a full computer it won't really replace it). That's what Apple wants. A new category that doesn't eat into other sales. But supplements them. Just some speculation of course.

[bengst]

Enlarged iPhone 4G?

Here are my PS measurements. The 10.1 diagonal shifted for some reason so subtract a little from all the numbers.

:p

[ChocoTaco]

That's exactly it, bretm. The way I look at it is that this is the keyboard FingerWorks always dreamed of making.. but no one could possibly afford it if it was JUST a revolutionary keyboard/mouse/drawing pad.. BUT because Apple can use their resources to make this incredible luxury keyboard into a portable computer with a killer OS that works perfectly with it.. the incredible luxury item turns into an incredible value because it kills so many birds with one stone. It's a low power laptop and revolutionary keyboard input device all in one.

The way I really view it is as the future version of the book and paper. Your primary PC and monitor is the book and the tablet is the drawing paper.. but they are the future version of both and each can interact with the other. And not only that but they also provide additional computing power.

This article shows the value too.. you could have a custom keyboard and interface for every application you could imagine..

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/01/apple-the-tablet-prophecies.html

Also, because of the portability it unchains you from your primary PC. You can roam around the house at will and it can even go on the road. But I view it as almost a "medium".. in a scifi sense. I don't mean to sound silly. But having such a portable and handy PC that works so well for interfacing with your PC could almost make us cyborgs in a way. This tablet PC/interface becomes a part of us because we use it when working on our primary PC AND take it with us. Light Peak ties into this perfectly too.. I have a hunch Apple pushed for light peak just for this device/application. Because it allows one connection and turns the tablet into a input device and monitor and allows both the PC and tablet to communicate and exchange info at an incredible rate.

As you said.. this also creates a new category of devices that was untapped. But I think the financial potential is even greater than that... because I could see each person wanting multiples of these devices. Think of it as modular computing. You could use several of these in combination for different applications. You could customize your workstation using these things as custom keyboard.. or even making music or art etc. Think of them as palettes... -- digital palettes.

Also.. another idea. There is a new rumor that this device would be shared around the house.. this paints the image that it would be like a magazine people would share and pass around.. but if you think of the shared device being a keyboard it makes a lot more sense. Someone even mentioned notes being posted on it. But imagine it as a touch monitor on a shared computer that people would handwrite notes on so the next person that came to it would see it. And if people were sharing this input device it could require/provide custom user interfaces for each different person.

[kockgunner]

The kind of glass that Apple uses can bend. My new MacBook Pro (w/ SD-card slot) had the glass panel on the front of the screen come partially off (Thanks to a factory error with the glue that holds it on [Which Apple fixed very quickly. I got my computer back in a total of 18 hours]) And it had a good amount of give to it.


I agree with noisy images being crap, but no most people can't or don't want to get a $700+ camera. Besides any halfway decent, $120+ camera could take a perfectly fine picture to post on a website.

EDIT: And I am 99.9999947352272% sure that this is fake.

Or the table cloth was uneven. This most likely is fake. Why whould they have a speakerphone on a tablet and a home button on the side as it it were a horizontal iPhone? It this turns out to be real, I will have lost faith in Apple.

[ChocoTaco]

What if there are 2 speakers there.. but one speaker has a circular hole around the home button and the speaker on the other side is a slit. Maybe they used this configuration because visually it distinguishes one side from the other.. so you know where the home key is so you know how to hold the device?

Also, keep in mind.. any time you see something under such poor conditions it's going to appear to be a letdown. Seeing Jobs hold it on stage or photographed under ideal conditions and in complete form will be totally different. Having said all that though I am skeptical this is really it, too.

[^^ CoolMacLover]

If thats what it will look like. Do not want, UNLESS its really really REALLY good. :eek: It just looks like a big iPhone... It just looks stupid.

[Becordial]

THE SLIT IS FOR A SPEAKER

I think it's actually a gill because it's fully waterproof so that as well as being used for families, students, people on the train etc, divers can take it under water and write messages to each other.

http://thewondrous.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Underwater-Cabinet-Meeting-In-Maldives-01.jpg


Replace this big piece of paper with a tablet and the device really will be ubiquitous. :)

[pmz]

Question: Why would new images of an already-written-off-as-fake Bezel show up again a week later?

Normally, these things don't get additional attention unless there's something to it.

I'm calling...real. How many different people have described this as a giant iPhone? Now we see a possible outer Bezel that, by any reasonable assumption, looks like nothing but a 'giant iPhone'.

That and whenever this forum reaches a consensus on something being "fake" it's almost always real.

[ChocoTaco]

I'm calling...real. How many different people have described this as a giant iPhone? Now we see a possible outer Bezel that, by any reasonable assumption, looks like nothing but a 'giant iPhone'.


I was thinking about that, too. And it makes sense in a way because it would continue the design theme throughout their portable line. The way it is proportioned it also looks like it would be easy to hold with one hand -- like the iPhone.

[amd4me]

Mmmmmm yummy smells fake.

[pmz]

I was thinking about that, too. And it makes sense in a way because it would continue the design theme throughout their portable line. The way it is proportioned it also looks like it would be easy to hold with one hand -- like the iPhone.

Exactly. Forum reactions are never a good way to judge what Apple is about to do, except of course, if you see an entire thread like this one agreeing on "Fake"...then its probably real. I'd put money on it at this point, just because of how confident this forum is that's not real.

That confidence really = fantasy hope.

[VenusianSky]

THE SLIT IS FOR A SPEAKER

You got it wrong. It's obiviously for dropping in loose change. Then when it fills up, you take a hammer to it and hit up the candy store.

[amd4me]

You got it wrong. It's obiviously for dropping in loose change. Then when it fills up, you take a hammer to it and hit up the candy store.

YESSS gummy worms.

[creator2456]

You got it wrong. It's obiviously for dropping in loose change. Then when it fills up, you take a hammer to it and hit up the candy store.

You have the coin slot idea correct, but your implementation is all wrong.

As the coin passes through the slit, it is digitized and sent to Apple. $0.25 per minute of use.

It allows Apple to sell the new Tablet at a reasonable price while still making TONS of money.

[Corax]

Personally I think it very well may be a part of the real deal! :apple:
Were not almost all photo's, wich turned out to be real in the past, looking like this? Bad light, bad quality?:cool:

The "slot" is there for the speaker and there will be a front facing camera (I hope), so video conferencing will be possible with the device.

[cmaier]

Personally I think it very well may be a part of the real deal! :apple:
Were not almost all photo's, wich turned out to be real in the past, looking like this? Bad light, bad quality?:cool:

The "slot" is there for the speaker and there will be a front facing camera (I hope), so video conferencing will be possible with the device.

Where do you think that camera would be if that bezel is real? There is no hole for it.

[Corax]

Where do you think that camera would be if that bezel is real? There is no hole for it.

The bezel isn't the finished product is it!? So we'll just have to wait and see.
The finished product, will probably look great, with or without that bezel being real.
Didn't I mention, in my previous post, next to 'camera' I HOPE?

[ss957916]

If it looks like that, it'll fail - and I'm sure Apple knows that! Why bring out a brand new product with a three year old design?

People want a tablet, not an iPhone on steroids. A massive iPhone would just look daft.

If it does look like this, I certainly won't buy it. It's nowhere near sexy enough.

[bdouglashall]

It appears to be sitting on a pillow to me. A pillow that is not a perfectly flat surface, one that has a curved surface.

I'm with you about the pillow, or tablecloth or whatever lace thingy...
As far as the other post concerning the camera quality...probably a great camera...low light intentional so the 'stretch' can be less obvious...fake

[TheCoffeeBoy]

So many people hate this, but what did most of you actually think an iTable would look like?

Seriously, all this tells us is:

It has a rounded rectangle shape.
It has a 10" screen.
It has space left and right of the screen to hold it (in landscape mode).
It most likely has a single front bezel button.

What about this is so terrible?
Picture your ideal iTabley design with similar features, what does it's bezel look like in a cruddy grainy picture?

It does not tell us how thick the device will be.
It does not tell us what type of enclosure the device will use.
It does not tell us what side buttons the device will have.
It does not tell us what kind of ports the device will have.
It does not tell us how stupid you are. Well, not completely.

I think some people are seeing this and mentally extrapolating iPhone like thickness in scale. Don't. Only silly people would do that, and you're not silly.

I'm not saying it's real, but even if it's not I don't expect something that far from this for the real thing. You'll need room to hold it. It'll probably be black. It'll be a big curved rectangle. It'll have a single front button or no front button at all. It may or may not have front facing speaker(s).

[DeeGee48]

i hope not apple. you can do so much better than that Jonny Ive!

I hope not too! (And I was also thinking of the great Jonny Ive!) This damn thing looks like a license plate frame!!! :mad:

[SteveSparks]

The reason for the shadows etc is that the glass is covered with a sheet of plastic with adhesive holding it to the glass. The surface is bent because the plastic sheet was peeled back or removed at one time and then replaced.

I would not be suprised if this was legit, and not surprised if it was fake. However it looks like the object is a physical object and that the sheet covering the screen was replaced.

[klaxamazoo]

Couldn't this be just one of those large "display" mock-ups of an iPhone? You know, something that you would see at a kiosk selling iPhone related paraphernalia.
That would explain the large slit, which makes no ascetic sense for a tablet computer and the very large hole in one corner.

[Sambo110]

I hope that's not it. If all it is is an iPhone/iPod Touch bigger, as that is all that picture is, I will be pretty disappointed. But I doubt Apple is stupid enough to just do that.

[spacemanspifff]

I think [as some others above] this is just part of the case for one of those bigger iPhones you see in the shop windows. However, if this was an iPad bezel, could be that you are looking at the front but are able to see through to the back [have another look at it and you'll see what I mean]. The round hole could then be for the home button - who says it needs to be on the front - and the slot could be for the dock connector, although it could just be some other slot in the back of the bezel for construction purposes. :eek:

[robfromabove]

It would seem daft to put the speaker on there like that - when watching movies in landscape mode, to only have sound come out of the right or left side only (as little a difference as it makes to having "stereo" on something that small) seems very un-Apple-ish.

[cmaier]

It would seem daft to put the speaker on there like that - when watching movies in landscape mode, to only have sound come out of the right or left side only (as little a difference as it makes to having "stereo" on something that small) seems very un-Apple-ish.

Indeed. I predict it will be designed to generally be in landscape mode, with speakers on right and left, and home button on the long end.

[iearmtrong]

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Following up last week's report (http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/11/questionable-tablet-bezel-image-surfaces/) of a claimed image of Apple's tablet "glass" that appears to be more accurately described as the front bezel, The Mac Observer has received two additional images (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/more_tablet_glass_photos_scale_backs_up_10_speculation/) that provide a greater sense of scale for the part.


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The Mac Observer again notes that it has been unable to corroborate the information presented in the images, and we remain skeptical of their claims.

Article Link: More Claimed Images of Apple Tablet Bezel (http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/20/more-claimed-images-of-apple-tablet-bezel/)

There is no way this could be an image of an Apple Tablet, why? well if you look, you see a slit in the lower area of the claimed device. Where in the iPhone this is where you would place the phone to your ear. It's a tablet not a phone. And I just hope that there isn't a home button on the device, because its a tablet not an iPhone, yes use the I phone as a guide Apple, but don't just blow it up and call it the Apple iSlate or iPad. You can surely do better than that Steve;):apple:.

[olternaut]

THE SLIT IS FOR A SPEAKER

BUT WHY IS THE SPEAKER ON ONE SIDE LIKE A GIANT IPHONE? OH, AND STOP SHOUTING!

[slu]

Exactly. Forum reactions are never a good way to judge what Apple is about to do, except of course, if you see an entire thread like this one agreeing on "Fake"...then its probably real. I'd put money on it at this point, just because of how confident this forum is that's not real.

That confidence really = fantasy hope.

So much this. All evidence thus far points to this being real.

If this forum has taught me anything over the last several years, it's that people here have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to predicting future Apple products. Mockups people make are never close. Specs people predict are never right.

There is no way this thing is anything more than a very slick media pad. Changing the Digital Publishing market like they changed the digital music market will be where they start. There is no way this is some fancy multitouch keyboard Wacom-like accessory. No way. That is too complicated for the average consumer.

When it is announced, the people on the forum will hate it. They will call it underpowered and they will say it lacks some "must have" features. And it will probably sell like hot cakes.

[olternaut]

So much this. All evidence thus far points to this being real.

If this forum has taught me anything over the last several years, it's that people here have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to predicting future Apple products. Mockups people make are never close. Specs people predict are never right.

There is no way this thing is anything more than a very slick media pad. Changing the Digital Publishing market like they changed the digital music market will be where they start. There is no way this is some fancy multitouch keyboard Wacom-like accessory. No way. That is too complicated for the average consumer.

When it is announced, the people on the forum will hate it. They will call it underpowered and they will say it lacks some "must have" features. And it will probably sell like hot cakes.

I don't like you.

[slu]

I don't like you.

Well, that settles it then! You have convinced me! The Apple slate will not just be an iPhone on steroids. It willl look completely different so as not to leverage the success and branding of one of the most iconic products of the last several years. And unlike the iphone, it will not be feature limited at release and have features added later, but instead contain complex multitouch functions that only a small amount of people will have the hardware to even use, let alone understand. It will not be to publishing what the iPod was to music. First and foremost, it will be an input accessory for a Mac.

Or did I just hit a little too close to home? Sounds like you will be one of the first people to bash whatever is released because it does not live up to your unrealistic expectations.

[olternaut]

Well, that settles it then! You have convinced me! The Apple slate will not just be an iPhone on steroids. It willl look completely different so as not to leverage the success and branding of one of the most iconic products of the last several years. And unlike the iphone, it will not be feature limited at release and have features added later, but instead contain complex multitouch functions that only a small amount of people will have the hardware to even use, let alone understand. It will not be to publishing what the iPod was to music. First and foremost, it will be an input accessory for a Mac.

Or did I just hit a little too close to home? Sounds like you will be one of the first people to bash whatever is released because it does not live up to your unrealistic expectations.

No, that's not it. I just don't like you.

[dead goon]

God this is so wanky.

LOOK HERE! a shape thats the same as an iPhone, but larger! it's the tablet!

christ people, get a life.

[Surely]

I like the frilly comforter.

[OzExige]

No, that's not it. I just don't like you.

LMAO - you're funny :rolleyes:

NO - seriously - you are :D

[dukebound85]

omg....looks like a giant iphone, home button and speaker to go!

[slu]

No, that's not it. I just don't like you.

I'm crushed. Judging from a few of your previous posts, I can see why you don't like me. You are the exact type of person I described. Flexible and OLED screen? Talk about unrealistic expectations.

I suggest you put me on your ignore list, because I can tell you are never going to like me.

[Friscohoya]

I'm crushed. Judging from a few of your previous posts, I can see why you don't like me. You are the exact type of person I described. Flexible and OLED screen? Talk about unrealistic expectations.

I suggest you put me on your ignore list, because I can tell you are never going to like me.

I would like a flexible OLED screen...Doesnt the Hearst E-Reader have a flexible screen?

Peace and Love :apple:

[cmaier]

I would like a flexible OLED screen...Doesnt the Hearst E-Reader have a flexible screen?

Peace and Love :apple:

The skiff's display is flexible, but the end-user can't flex it - it's encased in a rigid shell.

[hobbbz]

THE SLIT IS FOR A SPEAKER

THERE IS NO SLIT

[CrockettGTO]

so now that it's released and pretty much looks spot on compared to the pics. What do you all think, think it will be another huge hit?

[leomac08]

funny that some of the pictures don't even look like the iPad.

[XboxMySocks]

Faaaaaar too big (13 inches, if that's a 13' mbp), side border is far too small, and it overall looks like ****. Definite fake.

[cmaier]

Faaaaaar too big (13 inches, if that's a 13' mbp), side border is far too small, and it overall looks like ****. Definite fake.

Whoa. A little late.

[olternaut]

so now that it's released and pretty much looks spot on compared to the pics. What do you all think, think it will be another huge hit?

The bezel is too big and makes the thing look ugly...like all the rest of the competition. In fact, it looks like a friggin JooJoo!
Also, using the iphone OS was expected but what wasn't expected that the gui would be EXACTLY THE FREAKIN SAME! Everyone thought they would address the tablet differently when it came to the GUI. I dunno.....SOMETHING innovative and new. But there was nothing.
Perhaps they are waiting till the iPhone OS 4.0 is revealed later this year to debut something new. But if so, why didnt they wait a few months to show of the iPad with it?

*sigh* I dunno. It's a "solid" effort and a "good" effort. And it will probably do "well" in the marketplace. But since when does Apple settle for just "good" enough?
Where the hell is the LUST factor? No one is going to sell their mother in law to get this device like they did for the original iPhone.

[slu]

The bezel is too big and makes the thing look ugly...like all the rest of the competition. In fact, it looks like a friggin JooJoo!
Also, using the iphone OS was expected but what wasn't expected that the gui would be EXACTLY THE FREAKIN SAME! Everyone thought they would address the tablet differently when it came to the GUI. I dunno.....SOMETHING innovative and new. But there was nothing.
Perhaps they are waiting till the iPhone OS 4.0 is revealed later this year to debut something new. But if so, why didnt they wait a few months to show of the iPad with it?

*sigh* I dunno. It's a "solid" effort and a "good" effort. And it will probably do "well" in the marketplace. But since when does Apple settle for just "good" enough?
Where the hell is the LUST factor? No one is going to sell their mother in law to get this device like they did for the original iPhone.

I can't believe it didn't meet your expectations! I am shocked that you don't like it and you think only a moron would get buy one.