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Apple Tablet Speculation Continuing to Gain Attention
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A hybrid type of display that could run as either an LED backlit LCD panel or an eInk type display with extremely low power requirements would be a nice touch.
This is like a snake eating its tail. MacRumors reporting on a CNN story that claims validity because there are so many tablet stories to be found on MacRumors (among other places).
They said nothing new whatsoever. They may have even made a few misquotes along the way. But it's OK because those will be translated into "new rumors" which will feed the cycle again.
They said nothing new whatsoever. They may have even made a few misquotes along the way. But it's OK because those will be translated into "new rumors" which will feed the cycle again.
I'd definitely want one of these as a secondary computer in the house, and I could see a lot of folks with similar demands.
Right now I've got an iMac and an iPhone... when I'm on the iMac, my wife will take the iPhone to browse and vice-versa. The problem is, the iPhone is just a little too small and slow for browsing sessions at home on WiFi.
This device would be perfect for us... doesn't take a lot of space, is easy to lay in bed with and browse, bigger than an iPhone but not quite as clunky as a laptop.
If they could get it around $699 with no 3G contract required, I'd be all over this.
Right now I've got an iMac and an iPhone... when I'm on the iMac, my wife will take the iPhone to browse and vice-versa. The problem is, the iPhone is just a little too small and slow for browsing sessions at home on WiFi.
This device would be perfect for us... doesn't take a lot of space, is easy to lay in bed with and browse, bigger than an iPhone but not quite as clunky as a laptop.
If they could get it around $699 with no 3G contract required, I'd be all over this.
You are all going to be sooo disappointed when this thing is eventually released because it will definitely not run Mac OS X.
It's operating system will be a hybrid of both Mac OS X and iPhone OS that can probably run all existing iPhone apps and maybe a few simple OS X apps (definitely not Photoshop, Garageband etc.).
Fortunately it won't be as expensive as some folks would like it to be (e.g. 1000$) but it will neither come for 400$ or less.
But this is only my wild speculation...
It's operating system will be a hybrid of both Mac OS X and iPhone OS that can probably run all existing iPhone apps and maybe a few simple OS X apps (definitely not Photoshop, Garageband etc.).
Fortunately it won't be as expensive as some folks would like it to be (e.g. 1000$) but it will neither come for 400$ or less.
But this is only my wild speculation...
Where and when did this rumor FIRST even come to fruition? I still feel like the Tablet idea was born from thin air. Thus, I just have no idea why people think it will be a reality.
Where did this rumor come from?
Where did this rumor come from?
Nailed it. Ah, the state of Urinalism today. At least they don't report real news this way.
I especially love how they are able to narrow down the price range within $400. Talk about painting yourself a large bullseye.
I think you are looking at the wrong type of tablet, and thus the wrong price range.
http://store.archos.com/A9.php?country=ca&language=en
I would say that there is some room for Apple to price a tablet device above the $549 for the tablet I linked, but below $1000. Although I don't think it will run full OSX, just because Apple could give a better end user experience with a tablet variant of iPhone OS.
"If the rumors are true, the tablet will be able to do basically everything a gadget could possibly do. It's an e-reader, a gaming device, and a music player. You can watch TV and movies on it and surf the Internet (or so we've heard). And it will have thousands of third-party apps available for it ... or maybe it will run Mac OS X. That's all still unknown."
Not to badmouth an unreleased and unconfirmed product like the tablet (I like design innovation as much as the next guy), but what exactly can a product like a tablet do that a laptop cant? All the things mentioned can be done on a macbook (or any other laptop). Im just curious if theres been any talk of new innovations.
Im assuming we are to see the next evolution of the oleophobic screen. Any talk of that? It seems like having a device with a screen exposed 100% of the time will be hard to take care of, even worse than an iphone since its much bigger and more dangerous to drop and shatter.
Anybody else dream of the tablet having the design of the macbook pro? just remove the entire display part and place a screen where the keyboard currently is? Have the screen sunken in like that. That lay on the table design would help in case you drop it. The end result would be like having a sort of portable imac. It would even have the slot loading disc drive. Of course the screen would have to have slightly larger dimensions than the keyboard space currently does, so maybe eliminate the trackpad or make it smaller. Keep a front camera and work on making this light in weight with long battery and id buy two of them on launch day
Not to badmouth an unreleased and unconfirmed product like the tablet (I like design innovation as much as the next guy), but what exactly can a product like a tablet do that a laptop cant? All the things mentioned can be done on a macbook (or any other laptop). Im just curious if theres been any talk of new innovations.
Im assuming we are to see the next evolution of the oleophobic screen. Any talk of that? It seems like having a device with a screen exposed 100% of the time will be hard to take care of, even worse than an iphone since its much bigger and more dangerous to drop and shatter.
Anybody else dream of the tablet having the design of the macbook pro? just remove the entire display part and place a screen where the keyboard currently is? Have the screen sunken in like that. That lay on the table design would help in case you drop it. The end result would be like having a sort of portable imac. It would even have the slot loading disc drive. Of course the screen would have to have slightly larger dimensions than the keyboard space currently does, so maybe eliminate the trackpad or make it smaller. Keep a front camera and work on making this light in weight with long battery and id buy two of them on launch day
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I think there was some semi-solid evidence that Apple had ordered some 10.2" LCDs or something like that. Probably someone knows a link to the exact post here on MR. Or you could Mroogle it or whatnot.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say no optical.
I think there was some semi-solid evidence that Apple had ordered some 10.2" LCDs or something like that. Probably someone knows a link to the exact post here on MR. Or you could Mroogle it or whatnot.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say no optical.
As someone with an iPhone and MacBook Pro, I will have a hard time seeing a place for this. iPhone fits in my pocket and is for doing things on the go, MBP for at my desk or stationary places....tablet for...???? Anyone?
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I'm all over it if it's using the iPhone OS. I'm using an earlier tablet wish list as a check list for when this thing finally surfaces (my post from late September - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/791244/ ).
The only things from my earlier post that I'd change now is to up it to full 1080p (DPI on screens have made huge strides - 27in iMac) and the cost could be subsidized with ads to bring it to the folks who can't deal with an $800 list price.
Just a thought. And I love rumours (CDN).
I'm all over it if it's using the iPhone OS. I'm using an earlier tablet wish list as a check list for when this thing finally surfaces (my post from late September - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/791244/ ).
The only things from my earlier post that I'd change now is to up it to full 1080p (DPI on screens have made huge strides - 27in iMac) and the cost could be subsidized with ads to bring it to the folks who can't deal with an $800 list price.
Just a thought. And I love rumours (CDN).
I think you are approaching this from the wrong angle. I doubt the differentiating feature will be capabilities, but rather ease of use. A laptop can play mp3's, but you don't lug it around in place of a PMP. A PC often has similar specs for a lower price than a mac, but that doesn't result in an equivalent end user experience.
Some things like ebook reading, note taking, laptop internet in front of the TV, accelerometer based games, touch optimized programs, portability, etc would be better with a tablet. Other things like text entry and heavy computing would be worse.
I totaly agree on that , why would i want a tablet over a book/iphone ?
I untill this day still havent heard anything that the rumored tablet could do that my iPhone or macbook can't do, and for sure not the combo of those 2.
I probably buy it if my wallet alows it but i see it ending up next to my Appletv just gathering dust, i hope i'll get surprised with something innovative do that nobody has tought of yet ;-).
Fixed....
If 10.7 is going to drop all 32-bit kernel code (which it should) you wouldn't want the tablets holding it back.
If 10.7 is going to drop all 32-bit kernel code (which it should) you wouldn't want the tablets holding it back.