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

[JonHimself]

Re: controlled leak or not

At this point, would Apple NEED to release any more details? I don't get the purpose of it. It's less than 24 hours away and he didn't say anything we don't already know (read: assume). I think this guy just answered the question while trying to not say too much but don't think it was an intentional leak that Apple planned.

 

[gan6660]

Even if it does run iPhone OS (I personally dont care either way) I doubt its going to be the same OS we all know and love it will most likely be very different.

 

[paradox00]

iPhone OS = NO BUY.

Why make statements like this? You are only setting yourself up to be a hypocrite. It will be interesting to see how long it will take the people making these statements to give in and buy one as I suspect many will.

The tablet wont be running iPhone OS 3.1, and you don't even know what apps Apple will create for this device, yet you have already written it off because it won't be running an x86 based, finger unfriendly OS.

 

[JtheLemur]

iPhone OS-based != current iPhone UI.

 

[VTMac]

Totally agree. This is going to be another flash-on-the-iPhone debacle. Tomorrow will be day one of people calling for OS X to be on the tablet, hacks to put OS X on the tablet, people refusing to buy cos it doesn't have OS X and Windows people saying "My tablet has a real OS instead of one designed for a phone".

If it has anything less than OS X then Apple are doing the job by half.

Yea right. Because no flash has really dented sales. Get real. Hackers and geeks care about what your saying. The rest of world won't give a hoo and will be queueing to by the thing.

 

[Lesser Evets]

He wore the toupee as a disguise.

No one will know who he is when he goes back to work without it.

 

[iBLAKEE]

How much of the textbook market does McGraw-Hill control? I'm looking at my college books, and I don't see anything by them...

I know they publish nearly everyone of my high school text books... But I don't know many people in high school that will get one of these, except me, of course.

 

[dguisinger]

1. You have no idea what OS 4.0 is like.
2. Just because it has the underpinnings and app compatibility doesn't mean it will share the same UI.
3. You have not even seen the device yet.

Show me exactly how desktop point and click applications are optimized for a multi-touch environment? I understand people don't like being forced to use the app store, but so what, if you don't like it, don't buy it, no one is forcing.

For those who claim OS X and iPhone OS are greatly different beasts... no, not really. They share much of the same underlying code base, the OS X UI is obviously removed for obvious reasons... but the OS can technically do multithreading, you just aren't given the ability as an App Store developer. Things that wouldn't have use on a phone aren't compiled in, but thats a given, there is a limited amount of RAM, Flash, and CPU cycles.

I for one consider OS X and iPhone OS to be the same until you get to the application layer. Even then, if you abstract your code properly, you can write a single C app with both a Cocoa OSX UI and a CocoaTouch UI and target both platforms.

 

[moneyman118]

Flash Flash Flash

I swear, if they put out another effing product that doesn't have flash enabled Safari on it I'm going to lose it...

No flash on the iPhone - ok, w/e, Hulu would probably suck anyway but, holy cow, that's got to be one of the main points of this stupid thing is to be able to watch TV on the go and you absolutely, positively have to have Flash if you're going to do that...

BTW - chick is hot... He probably didn't want to say anything but thought if he let slip on the Apple news he'd get some

Its not going to do falsh, too much power consumption.

 

[Drag'nGT]

it won't be running an x86 based, finger unfriendly OS.

Unless the supposed 21.5" touch iMac turns out to be true. I doubt it since it's a stupid idea any way.

 

[Sekots]

This guy pretty much makes it official that the much hyped Apple Tablet will be announced tomorrow and all this dope of a news reporter has to say is that she likes to smell her textbooks.

 

[tdream]

Way to let the cat out of the bag doofus. You're going to be last on the list from now on.

It says NO HOMERS... we're allowed one!

 

[jll62]

I daresay the e-mags and e-book integration is a part of iPhone OS 4, and if you can buy them from iTunes (which you will be able to) then you'll be able to read them on your iPhone too because Apple will want maximum sales revenue from them, which they can't get if they limit their purchase to just the tablet.

Which, if all this is true.... what other benefits does the tablet have over the iPhone besides a bigger screen and some specialised apps?

How about for writing notes in the margins, highlighting text, drawing diagrams, etc. If you can markup an e-book like a normal book, then you've really got something. You're now interacting with your e-textbook as opposed to just reading it and being limited to a few annotations here and there. If you could "write" on it like a real book...

 

[Feng Shui]

Look, at least it's not running windoze. I don't give a fudge. If Steve Jobs likes it, so do I. Steve is my God.

 

[JakeTheMac]

Spoiler Alert

Spoiler Alert. Talk about controlled leak's ... but still he is under a Non-Disclosure Agreement, are they not?

Plus unless iPhone OS is 4.0 and is amazing with theme's and everything then I will not buy. But wait I guess you could just JailBreak it.

O well now I am all sad I know what's going to happen tomorrow. Now let's really hope for customization with 4.0 also this guy better watch out he stole Apple's Thunder. Steve Job's is after him.

 

[iMacmatician]

Unless the supposed 21.5" touch iMac turns out to be true. I doubt it since it's a stupid idea any way.

Either that or the rumored iMac will run an iPhone OS variant (right now I think that's weird for a desktop).

 

[Lyle]

Way to let the cat out of the bag doofus. You're going to be last on the list from now on.

Yeah, the cat's really out of the bag now. We thought we knew bits and pieces of what the tablet might be, but none of the rumors to date have mentioned the fact that the tablet will be terrific. This leak basically ruins tomorrow's announcement.

 

[ArrowSmith]

So only the rich kids are gonna get a iPad for school, while the poorer kids look on in envy. How long before the poor kid simply trashes the other kids' iPads in envy and hate? BAD idea!

 

[salesguy]

A man on a news channel with a horrible toupee, I have learned to never ever believe anything they say.

 

[diabolic]

Which, if all this is true.... what other benefits does the tablet have over the iPhone besides a bigger screen and some specialised apps?

For a lot of people, myself included, that's all I'd need to buy it on day one. I still expect there to be some pleasant surprise in store with the tablet.

Anyone thinking this wouldn't be locked into the iTunes/App store ecosystem is deluding themselves.

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

Its not going to do falsh, too much power consumption.

Well of course it won't do "falsh" because it doesn't exist.

 

[chuckiej]

Who's the presenter? She's pretty fit (Cute) I wouldn't kick her out of bed....

I can't believe people still say stuff like this, oh wait this is the internetz.

Trust me, she's bought and sold way more companies than you have.

 

[EarthDawn]

I predict the tablet will be an "iPhone Pro" - same OS but better specs and with specialised apps (like productivity and graphics apps, where the bigger screen and better processor lend themselves to these tasks) and the ability to buy and read interactive magazines (with video embedded etc) and eBook on the device that have been bought with iTunes.

I daresay the e-mags and e-book integration is a part of iPhone OS 4, and if you can buy them from iTunes (which you will be able to) then you'll be able to read them on your iPhone too because Apple will want maximum sales revenue from them, which they can't get if they limit their purchase to just the tablet.

Which, if all this is true.... what other benefits does the tablet have over the iPhone besides a bigger screen and some specialised apps?

Now that sounds like its as close to what we should expect as I have heard.

 

[smiddlehurst]

Even if there is a major overhaul, I doubt it would remove my primary concern; that being, with iphone OS my choice of what I can install is limited to what Apple allow on the app store. My (initial) hope was that the tablet would be running Mac OS.

Don't take this the wrong way but why the hell would you want OS X on this device? A ten inch screen and finger input will make the majority of applications difficult if not impossible to use day to day. It's why Windows tablets have kinda sucked for so very long - no matter how good you make the underlying OS for touch operation (or even stylus use) you're still shoe-horning applications into a form factor and input method they were never designed for. Let me give you a very simple example - hold your finger up to the traffic lights top left of any OS X window and see if you can comfortably tap the yellow one without risking hitting the other two. Now imagine it on a ten inch screen....

The ONLY way a tablet works is an OS designed around the form factor. The iPhone OS isn't perfect but it's a far better starting place than desktop OS X and applications written for the iPhone will ALL work properly with a touch interface. They probably need to make a few changes and I've still got a lot of worries about ergonomics and input methods but let's see what Apple comes up with.

 

[Vanilla Thunder]

Erin Burnett is HOT!