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Apple Tablet to Offer Webcam Option, Serve as Touchscreen Input Device for Macs?
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I'm sooo excited for next month! to finally witness the unveiling of Apple's Fourth Revolutionary Product!!
...let's see:
-- 1978 Apple ][ (the original "personal" computer)
-- 1984 Mac
-- 2001 iPod *
-- 2007 iPhone
-- 2009 inTouch
* Not to mention the iPod HiFi and the iPod Leather Case
Me, too. And I already own a Cintiq!
But this would be waaay more portable, for when I hit the road with the laptop.
If you read the first sentence article, it doesn't say anyone from Gizmodo has. It says "a source," as in not Gizmodo.
I doubt the OS is gonna be iPhone like or "OSX" like. I'm guessing it's basically going to be a better version of the Dashboard from 10.4 or 10.5. This would be better than the Iphone OS because then you could multitask better and the Widget infrastructure is already a proven workspace. I'm not saying they are just going to slap the OSX Dashboard into the device, they'll jazz it up and make it more work oriented. Just my two cents.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook?mco=MTE4MTY
You already get more than that with the $999 MacBook, genius.
I hope Apple releases something beyond a giant iPod Touch, you can actually type up documents and use Microsoft office or iWork on a hackintosh netbook. However I have my doubts that this tablet is going to be more than a media pad and companion to a full fledged computer. Giving consumers the ability to use Snow Leopard/iWork/iLife on this thing at a price < $1000 would eat into 13" MBP/MB Air sales. I hope Apple proves me wrong and they actually build something that is not a overpriced iPod Touch.
And look how little you get with the MacBook Air. Different hardware, different price. Don't expect an Apple tablet to be some kind of workhorse.
I agree that you should take anything Gizmodo says with a grain of salt but they also aren't 100% wrong.
I'll bet that the tablet can be used in multiples as an entry and display devices with other tablets and Macs. Some examples:
--2x2 to NxN video wall of displays (security, presentations, etc)
--multiple, custom MultiTouch kbs (AV Studio, etc)
--custom Big-Ass Table
Apple already supplies the basic software to control a VideoWall, free, with Leopard as Quartz Composer Visualizer.
I really don't see how this would fit the iProd product references that showed up in log files. Do you?
My thought also. I'm reminded of all the pre-iPhone rumors, when several different, and incorrect, form factors were being rumored.
Thank you for acknowledging my superior brain power, what do you expect it is from Apple.
And it begins...
Rumours starting out of nowhere over just how many awesome features it will apparently have.. everyone all YAAAAY NEW APPLE STUFFS ^_^
Next is the "WHAT THE HELL? IT'LL NEVER SELL. I HATE YOU APPLE. WAY TO SUCK" phase when more details come to light.
And finally you'll all love it and buy it anyway
It won't be a giant iPhone right down to the Home button. That's a stupid idea. It will either have full OSX or a OSX+Cocoa Touch hybrid. Yes, ARM and iPhone app support is certainly plausible, but it's not going to be a one-app-at-a-time giant-phone-without-phone-capabilities black-curvy-backed silver-bordered plastic thingy. It will have a sleek unibody design and some kind of mechanism that allows you to protect the screen without it becoming a laptop. I can see it borrowing more from the MacBook Air's book than the iPhone's.
If I'm wrong, and it's chunky, plastic and has a home button, then Steve Jobs' absence has impacted the company and, like last time, he'll come back just in time to announce the latest product's key feature: A HANDLE!!! GEE WILLIKERS!
Edit:
I guess I didn't read far enough past page one... there are some decent comments around... I just got put off by the immediate zerg rush of OMG APPLE TAKE MY MONEY Sorry guys
Rumours starting out of nowhere over just how many awesome features it will apparently have.. everyone all YAAAAY NEW APPLE STUFFS ^_^
Next is the "WHAT THE HELL? IT'LL NEVER SELL. I HATE YOU APPLE. WAY TO SUCK" phase when more details come to light.
And finally you'll all love it and buy it anyway
It won't be a giant iPhone right down to the Home button. That's a stupid idea. It will either have full OSX or a OSX+Cocoa Touch hybrid. Yes, ARM and iPhone app support is certainly plausible, but it's not going to be a one-app-at-a-time giant-phone-without-phone-capabilities black-curvy-backed silver-bordered plastic thingy. It will have a sleek unibody design and some kind of mechanism that allows you to protect the screen without it becoming a laptop. I can see it borrowing more from the MacBook Air's book than the iPhone's.
If I'm wrong, and it's chunky, plastic and has a home button, then Steve Jobs' absence has impacted the company and, like last time, he'll come back just in time to announce the latest product's key feature: A HANDLE!!!
GEE WILLIKERS!Edit:
I guess I didn't read far enough past page one... there are some decent comments around... I just got put off by the immediate zerg rush of OMG APPLE TAKE MY MONEY
Sorry guysWho cares if it has a pair of ARM or even the much hyped dual-core ARM if it runs a version of OS X! That is what the tablet will need to be a success - at least according to me. Next, Apple will introduce the iTurd - a genuine piece of SJ's bowel movement for $1899 with no future upgrades planned - it will sell like, well, hotcakes!
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I don't get the act as a 10 inch track pad? It just doesn't seem right. For use with an iMac we would have to lay the pad down flat on your desk or whatever to utilize it. Crazy idea! And a very expensive track pad at that--)))
I wish a special event would get scheduled soon so we can see the real deal and know all of it's real features!