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Apple Tablet to Launch in Early 2010 Using Chip Platform From P.A. Semi?
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Whatever. People here would credit Apple with the invention of the wheel if they could. The MP3 player market wasn't as large as it became after Apple entered it, but it was still bigger than the tablet PC market is today. If MP3 players weren't succesful why did the music companies go after them?
You bring up a good point. It won't just be a big iPod Touch. It doesn't take 2 years to scale it up the way it's described. There is something different that it will offer, that's guaranteed IMO.
Also another point to consider: The display size was initially rumored to be ~5.5". Maybe there's a good reason why the rumored display size has steadily increased over the years to ~8x the area of the iPod touch. Or why it's even 8x the area of the iPod touch.
I guess I was a stupid gamer then. The DELL XPS M1710 was quite a gaming machine. Heavy, big, but it held its own nicely at the dozen or so LAN parties I've been to. It was my DESKTOP replacement that could travel with me.
Or was your comment meant to imply "real" gamers are on consoles now?
I guess I was a stupid gamer then. The DELL XPS M1710 was quite a gaming machine. Heavy, big, but it held its own nicely at the dozen or so LAN parties I've been to. It was my DESKTOP replacement that could travel with me.
Or was your comment meant to imply "real" gamers are on consoles now?
Not necessarily a stupid gamer, but not a smart one either.
Your network has nothing to do with the rest of your hardware after you're above a few hundred MHz. Gigabit is gigabit.
This Apple OS will include Palm... sensing
By the way I believe the biggest breakthrough of this device involves your palm. On anything bigger than, say, a Newton, people will rest their palm or the side of their hand on the screen as they write. Software must sense and discard the palm while still sensing finger or stylus. Yes, stylus. This will have Ink technology.
Get yourself a Bluetooth keyboard! I bet they will have an optional one that perhaps clips onto the screen, protecting both keys and screen.
By the way I believe the biggest breakthrough of this device involves your palm. On anything bigger than, say, a Newton, people will rest their palm or the side of their hand on the screen as they write. Software must sense and discard the palm while still sensing finger or stylus. Yes, stylus. This will have Ink technology.
Native OSX and full "pen" support and you got yourself a nice mobile photoshop machine...
EDIT: Does anyone else think this could have Macbook Air guts?
EDIT: Does anyone else think this could have Macbook Air guts?
It's not a "book"
This thing is not a "book". No spine, no hinge, doesn't open. It is a slate, board, slab...
I predict it will be called "NetPad".
This thing is not a "book". No spine, no hinge, doesn't open. It is a slate, board, slab...
I predict it will be called "NetPad".
Yeah thanks for this tidbit, but what did that have to do with the substance of my comment? Did the term LAN infer that I was somehow seeking packet advantage over my friends? We all had decent hardware and connections at the parties. My one buddy even brought his 17" MBP, perish the thought!
To each his pwn. I still had fun and when I was done schooling and being schooled by my friends playing Unreal Tournament, it was very easy to shift back to business on that monster when we were done GAMING to get some real work done on it.
Yeah thanks for this tidbit, but what did that have to do with the substance of my comment? Did the term LAN infer that I was somehow seeking packet advantage over my friends? We all had decent hardware and connections at the parties. My one buddy even brought his 17" MBP, perish the thought!
To each his pwn. I still had fun and when I was done schooling and being schooled by my friends playing Unreal Tournament, it was very easy to shift back to business on that monster when we were done GAMING to get some real work done on it.
I'm not saying that it wasn't fun, but typically serious gamers custom build desktops.
Many probably do ... so I suppose I was never that much of a geek to drag something much more bulky (and fragile) than that M1710 along with me on outings. YMMV
What's it for? This is what I would use it for...
This has legitimate use for things like:
Watching video on the bus/train/plane; at the library/bookstore; while your waiting somewhere for: whatever; etc. - without needing a magnifying glass like you do with an iPod.
For web browsing on the go without having to spend all my time scrolling around the screen to see more than two inches of webpage.
For reading books - which I am really excited about. The Kindle DX looks great, but I want color and all my wonderful Mac entertainment capabilities.
For using my apps, for e-mailing, for music, looking at photos, etc.
Yes, I could do all that on my MacBook. But for all these things I mentioned above, it is frankly too bulky for me. Plus, I would have to log in and out each time I wanted to play.
I want a device that I can use for all of my entertainment applications on the go in a quick and easy-access design - I'm not looking to edit my latest movie creation, design a webpage or write a paper (I would use my MacBook for something like that).
So I am having difficulty seeing what some are complaining about. I think this device will be wonderful.
This has legitimate use for things like:
Watching video on the bus/train/plane; at the library/bookstore; while your waiting somewhere for: whatever; etc. - without needing a magnifying glass like you do with an iPod.
For web browsing on the go without having to spend all my time scrolling around the screen to see more than two inches of webpage.
For reading books - which I am really excited about. The Kindle DX looks great, but I want color and all my wonderful Mac entertainment capabilities.
For using my apps, for e-mailing, for music, looking at photos, etc.
Yes, I could do all that on my MacBook. But for all these things I mentioned above, it is frankly too bulky for me. Plus, I would have to log in and out each time I wanted to play.
I want a device that I can use for all of my entertainment applications on the go in a quick and easy-access design - I'm not looking to edit my latest movie creation, design a webpage or write a paper (I would use my MacBook for something like that).
So I am having difficulty seeing what some are complaining about. I think this device will be wonderful.
Why I want one
I am going through legal pads like crazy. I walk around all day taking notes on things as part of my job. I need to refer to my calendar often. I use legal pads, but can't find old notations, I use a blackberry because my iphone is not accepted by works IT dept. I use a pc laptop plugged into a mac monitor and have macs at home. I could cut all the clutter with this one device.
I am going through legal pads like crazy. I walk around all day taking notes on things as part of my job. I need to refer to my calendar often. I use legal pads, but can't find old notations, I use a blackberry because my iphone is not accepted by works IT dept. I use a pc laptop plugged into a mac monitor and have macs at home. I could cut all the clutter with this one device.
This thing looses all the benefits of a pocket device like an iPod touch, and has none of the benefits of an actual computer!
None of the suggested uses (e.g. as a sketchbook, for doctors and teachers, etc) are really mainstream. I wonder what mainstream use this would have?
I can see some use for people who don't want an iPod touch or iPhone nor feel the need to get an actual laptop, however I doubt that is a large market, and even if it were I suspect such consumers wouldn't be in the market to purchase an Apple-priced computer; they would more likely go for the cheapest netbook/laptop. The sort of people who would buy this iTablet are typically those who already have an iPhone/iPod touch and a laptop/desktop computer, and it's here where I don't see the point of buying one. If you're going to do things you typically do on an iPod touch/iPhone (like email, quick web browsing, YouTube, etc) then just use the iPod touch/iPhone! If you want to do things that you would typically do on a proper computer then the iTablet is probably not the device to turn to.
In the end with this device you're not going to have a truly portable device nor are you going to have a device that is capable of doing anything a proper computer would do, and here I include mere document editing... a virtual keyboard that takes up 80% of the screen just isn't going to pull it off I'm afraid.
I would have no problem with a 10" tablet running the iPhone OS if it was part of a netbook running OS X with a twisting display, but on its own, it's pointless.
None of the suggested uses (e.g. as a sketchbook, for doctors and teachers, etc) are really mainstream. I wonder what mainstream use this would have?
I can see some use for people who don't want an iPod touch or iPhone nor feel the need to get an actual laptop, however I doubt that is a large market, and even if it were I suspect such consumers wouldn't be in the market to purchase an Apple-priced computer; they would more likely go for the cheapest netbook/laptop. The sort of people who would buy this iTablet are typically those who already have an iPhone/iPod touch and a laptop/desktop computer, and it's here where I don't see the point of buying one. If you're going to do things you typically do on an iPod touch/iPhone (like email, quick web browsing, YouTube, etc) then just use the iPod touch/iPhone! If you want to do things that you would typically do on a proper computer then the iTablet is probably not the device to turn to.
In the end with this device you're not going to have a truly portable device nor are you going to have a device that is capable of doing anything a proper computer would do, and here I include mere document editing... a virtual keyboard that takes up 80% of the screen just isn't going to pull it off I'm afraid.
I gotta agree. If it's just an iPod touch with a 10" display, then I call epic fail on this. If they do something different, which no one expected, then there may be some life in it.
I would have no problem with a 10" tablet running the iPhone OS if it was part of a netbook running OS X with a twisting display, but on its own, it's pointless.
maybe it will have a little thing that comes out to raise it, kinda like those calculators you use....you push a button and something comes/pops up?
You, apparently never had to finish a Harry Potter book under the covers by flashlight.
Anyway, Who's to say what kind of screen this rumored product will really have once it hits the market.
As for everyone that can't figure out where it will fit in the whole scheme of things, consider this: It can not be that obvious, or someone would have tried to fill that gap by now.
I, for one would really like to have a presentation device that would be about the size of a portfolio case. If I show a presentation to a client on such a thing as this, I can see what they are seeing, and direct them to parts of the presentation I want to make a point about, without having to stand behind them and work over their shoulder, a la a notebook. Even the novelty of the device would bring them to pay attention.
I would expect this to cost me under $1000, but I doubt by much less...say if the high-end Touch was $399, and the low end MBP was $899, then this might fit in the line up at $599 to $799 depending on memory, et cetera.
If this device were to be subsidized by a carrier, there could be a version that might start, priced out a lot like the current iPhone. Now, here's a thought...what if the "phone" part of this device could be slipped in and out of a compartment in the device, so one could travel with and without the iTablet as desired?