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McGraw-Hill CEO Confirms Apple Tablet, iPhone OS Based, Going to Be "Terrific"

olternaut said:
The Modbook people are going to be out of business pretty soon. :p
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No, they will have a diminished customer base that will consists of people that stick to saying the following about a tablet "It needs to run Photoshop" and "iPhone OS=NO BUY", "It needs a full OS".

The markets are different. No one buys a $2000 modified Macbook if it isn't for a specific purpose. I would like to meet the person who bought a macbook because he/she prefers pointing at a screen to surf the web, answer a few emails and watch a movie on a flight.
 
If it has the iphone OS that is used now on the iphone they have lost a sale from me.
 
Wow!!

TapHappy said:
These photos look like pics of the prototype. Looks legit to me!
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Now those look real. The riveted case pretty much screams prototype. Darn Home Button must be on the real thing. Oh well, I think it looks tacky with a home button, but maybe it will grow on me. It just seems like that means it will not run multiple apps at the same time. The home button is basically an escape key from the app you are using. Yuck. It seems to awkward to use it to get between apps on a large device. Works fine for the iPhone, though.
 
audioteknika said:
iPhone OS = NO BUY.
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Prepare to be steamrolled by the fanbois for that statement. :eek:



I agree, however, in the sense that if 4.0 provides nothing further than iTunes apps and no support for real programs found on OS X, then this product is completely useless.

BUUUUTTT let's see what happens tomorrow.
 
27ray said:
It is going to change how we work with our data and how we access our data. The table will be the window on your data, you will not be able to live without it in 3 years.

this will be the biggest thing Steve Jobs has done. Bigger than GUI and bigger than the mouse, and bigger than a portable media player.
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I am going to bed now. I like really funny stuff right before I doze off. Is this so-called biggest thing SJ has done be bigger than when Al Gore invented the internet? :D
 
For what it is worth, a provost at a large US university told me months ago about the Apple tablet and how it would change the text-book model and higher education in general. He said that kids would no longer have to buy text-books but it would be included into the tuition and be available to all electronically through the tablet. All the text-books would be available through a subscription model, paid for by the University. Looks like he was right on the money.
 
Its very simple.

I want a star trak nextgen/ds9 lcars padd

A solid tablet that accepts touch, voice or stylus.
I want it to store any type of data I need, be able to connect to anything I need, share that data wirelessly.

I also want to be able to fiddle with the UI. Make some buttons large or small, assign actions to some area etc.

I need a bridge between OS X and an Artificial intelligence type of UI. Something that has a powerful enough OS to merge visual data, text and numbers all with a gesture interface and voice control.

I also want to be able to make skype calls on it or take pictures or videos if needed or join a gotomeeting while I am on the Bus if needed.


What I DO NOT want is to either be tied to itunes (fark you) or to a carrier for wireless. I want to make my own apps and be able to install them myself without big brother giving me the OK. If this thing requires me to go through Apple then **** it, no chance I am buying one of these.

It does not need to be a cut down version of os X without a keyboard but I certainly do not want to be forced on a new product again to have to go through either itunes or itunes store to install stuff on it.

Also WTF is it with the zero support for flash? I don t care about youtube going to html 5. Flash is an industry standard. Give it to me or you are as bad as Microsoft when they force standards on you
 
MacPhilosopher said:
Now those look real. The riveted case pretty much screams prototype. Darn Home Button must be on the real thing. Oh well, I think it looks tacky with a home button, but maybe it will grow on me. It just seems like that means it will not run multiple apps at the same time. The home button is basically an escape key from the app you are using. Yuck. It seems to awkward to use it to get between apps on a large device. Works fine for the iPhone, though.
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I'm not sure why you equate home button to no multitasking.
1. They can change what the home button does
2. The tablet is big enough for gestures (4 finger swipe to expose?)

Thinking home button = no multitasking is nothing but pessimism. The iPhone will eventually get multitasking too, and when it does, it will likely still have that pesky home button.
 
The publishing industry are definitely hoping this thing is the Jesus slate. I hear on the grapevine that the CEO of HarperCollins is coming over from the US to HarperCollins UK to make some kind of announcement to them this morning. OK, it may not be iSlate related but as they have been mooted as a potential launch partner and the event is today it's looking pretty likely.
 
ShiftyPig said:
I love it when people pull out this line. I'm sure someone would be happy with a Ford instead of a Ferrari because they're both cars.
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well buddy, you might want to change to comparing
a Ford Shelby GT 350 with a Ford Shelby GT 500. Maybe you get it now.

For the record:
IPhone OS has exactly the same mach kernel as MacOS X has. It is just that the IPhone hardware requires other kernel extensions (or say drivers if you prefer that term). And that kernel and some Core Foundation Framework is the same on Ipod Touch / Iphone and Mac OS X and even on the Time capsule.
 
"Based on" iPhone OS or not, we need to wait and see what it actually can do, rather than just make assumptions about what it can't do.
 
themoonisdown09 said:
I can see the news headlines tomorrow: "McGraw-Hill CEO found dead in ditch"
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I lol'ed.

Anyone who is glossing over the posts about this being a very controlled leak needs to go back and read. This is most likely a well timed PR move.
 
jessica. said:
I lol'ed.

Anyone who is glossing over the posts about this being a very controlled leak needs to go back and read. This is most likely a well timed PR move.
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i do agree.

besides, whether controlled or not it brought an effect that is desirable for apple.

the anticipation of the "new device" is growing. Heat sums up and then "someone spills oil into that fire making it a thunder storm"

Now, World is watching. :)

Tastes like the high art of guerilla marketing.
 
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