Interesting, I have a friend that works at VZW(Verizon Wireless) and he keeps telling me i better be saving for a Mac net book type device that should be released her pretty soon. I wonder if this is it...
I still just wanna hear those magic little words... "It runs OSX"....![]()
We might as well go back to those brick cell phones while we're at it. My hands are too small to even hold such a device as a phone.![]()
Cant see this device running OSX
Imagine Typing Pages Documents & Numbers sheets on a touch screen, you would lose half the screen Yuk.
The Price for this device will put it alongside the Macbook Air, all Style not much substance
I still just wanna hear those magic little words... "It runs OSX"....![]()
That is all that matters to me.
Cant see this device running OSX
If it ran full OSX, then you would be able to use a bluetooth keyboard if you wanted.
I agree with you two...
and i bet before the iPhone was released you couldnt see Apple mass producing a phone of any sort.
The Apple III
The Lisa
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they will then have to write a virtual machine like JVM or .NET for people to port the code easily. no one is going to spend a lot of time writing code unless they are sure to make money
I find it amusing that Apple dissed netbooks because they couldn't fit in your pocket.
err... the tablet won't fit in your pocket either. I wonder how they are going to spin this.
10" is too big. 6-7" would be ideal, imo. Anything bigger and I'll just carry a laptop or netbook.
Seriously. I still do not see a point in having a 10" (or so) screen as a computer. I would think you're going to have a massive kink in your neck from always looking down at it. On top of that, you wouldn't really be able to see the screen when you're typing on it unless you do a "hunt & pick" style of typing. I see very little that is productive about this proposed toy.
Interesting times! Also redo the MacBook while you're at it Apple!
I'm not so sure about the built-in 3G. Is it popular in netbooks? Personally I wouldn't want to add yet another bill to my monthly expenses.
a simple device for videoconferencing/web surfing/movie watching/book reading and note taking (handwriting would make it a one of its kind, clear distinction with laptops). Hope they'll manage the stand issue though.
Seems odd that the Taiwanese would have an idea of the MSRP.
The question isn't "which flavor of OS X will it run?" because it will run both.
The tablet will have both an x86 chip (an Atom, dual-core (N330) as an option) and an custom ARM SOC (system on a chip). You'll be able to hot-switch between a modified iPhone OS and touch-optimized 10.6. However, the hot switch may or may not involve booting the Atom system as once it boots, if you switch to the ARM chip, the Atom side will go into Sleep (10.6 has Sleep optimization, so it'll be nice and smooth).
The "iPhone" OS version for the tablet will be, of course, optimized for the tablet and able to run current iPhone software, and not just one at a time. However, if the users wishes to do more complex work and needs more processing power, they can boot up the Atom system. The SOC will continue to run as it requires very little power, and will communicate things like push messages to the Atom side, per user settings.
Once the Atom system is booted (and it will boot fast, SSD + 10.6), the transition will be very smooth between the two.
Proper iTunes sync will, of course, work, but it can, if the user so wishes, keep the Mail apps of both simultaneous, as well as some others. The Atom side will be able to update the SOC as well as restore it - no need for another computer. Critical software update on the road? No problem. Need to install 10.6.2? You can tell the tablet to not sleep the Atom side while you continue working on iPhone OS.
Apple has never liked using a separate partitions for data and applications (many PC users do this so they can completely wipe and reinstall their OS of choice (be it Linux, Windows or another) without losing all their documents and photos in the process).
The SOC will have its own memory, as very fast sync removes the need of accessing the other side's drives (and the issues that come along with that). Files will be duplicated between the two systems, though the user is in power to choose what the SOC side has.
Only the Atom system will have access to the tablet's ports (except, of course, the 3.5mm jack). The user will be able to pick which system is using the stereo speakers/audio jack - so music can continue to come from iPhone OS while the user switches back and forth accomplishing different tasks.
Due to tech constraints the two systems will have separate Wi-Fi antennae. Although this can be a very slight nuisance for the user, it means that they can save power by killing AirPort on the Atom side and only browsing on the SOC. It also means they can use two networks at the same time on the tablet. The Atom side's antenna will be more powerful.