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

[Sweeet]

How about the macbook pro??
Will they be anounced tomorrow??

 

[cloud]

if it's just a huge iPhone/glorified ebook reader, label me as being unimpressed.

To all the people wanting to use a frickin' tablet like a desktop computer, the door is THAT way.

What if Apple puts in a native remote desktop app so you can use your home Mac from the tablet? Oh, still not happy? So what. You're old news anyway. Move over so the world can progress...or get a Windows tablet.

 

[little.pm]

Busted
Jobs is going make something very bad happen to this guy now.
I don't know what but it wont, be too pretty.

lol, if he would not be allowed to make such statements this guy would have ruined his company and himself within 15 secs.

Nobody in touch with apple would ever reveal such details without having paper written consent to do so.

Even if you like the imagination of "the guy who busted steve's anouncment" being deported or whatever, he did it on purpose and on prior consent with apple. Well, if he didn't he might hope to live long enough to pay that debt.

 

[leonstafford]

Lenovo iPad S10

damn, I got a bunch of iPad domains just in case, then found that Lenovo called their S10 an iPad, so I doubt Apple could release something with the same name....

 

[Jimmy James]

It's going to run Windows Mobile

 

[PhoneI]

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.

I would much rather have a tablet based on an updated iPhone OS than OSX. OSX interface is not designed for touch input. Also, I dont want to wait for the OS to boot up everytime I want to use it (sleep mode stinks).

 

[moneyman118]

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

Flash. Lame A$$. Now go do your homework before mommy takes away your afternoon snack.

 

[MattSepeta]

Hmmmm

I dont know what to think about this...

I DO KNOW that if its anything like iphone/Ipod touch os then I am certainly NOT interested.

Just another gadget that does what other gadgets already do. But at a steeper price. And with more restrictions.

 

[trekkie604]

To all the people wanting to use a frickin' tablet like a desktop computer, the door is THAT way.

What if Apple puts in a native remote desktop app so you can use your home Mac from the tablet? Oh, still not happy? So what. You're old news anyway. Move over so the world can progress...or get a Windows tablet.

I have an X200 tablet thanks.

 

[ArrowSmith]

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.

The question is, why do you care? The iPad will be in stores regardless by March. Media hype is useless. All I care about if feature matrix.

 

[bigmc6000]

damn, I got a bunch of iPad domains just in case, then found that Lenovo called their S10 an iPad, so I doubt Apple could release something with the same name....

They said the same thing about the iPhone...

 

[dernhelm]

She likes to smell her text books?

 

[Mykbibby]

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BASED on iPhone OS, not the same OS. Remember iPhone OS is based off Mac OS X, meaning the tablet is based off of OS X. Chill people.

As for McGraw Hill... What a dumb**s. ****.

 

[OS X Dude]

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...

So a bit like the Courier concept then? If it's like that then great if the only exclusive benefit is being able to draw on text book and annotate... it won't have much appeal beyond those who don't have an iPhone and the educational crowd.

 

[chuckles:)]

The UI will be NEW! Both the iphone and the mac run the same OS, just with a different brand of Coco. The iPhone can do things the mac can't, the mac can do things the iPhone can't. If I know apple, the tablet won't be a big iPhone, or a little mac, but something with unique capabilities, so to argue over which UI it will be more similar to is a moot point.

 

[Winni]

Why do people who read iphone OS automatically assume there isn't a major overhaul with 4.0?

Can we at least wait to see the damn device?

There's no need. Using the iPhone OS means that the device will be completely locked into iTunes and the AppStore. It won't be an open or free platform. It will be a DRM-infested, fancy looking control mechanism, nothing else.

Unless somebody brings an Open Source operating system - or even Windows - to this gadget, it won't be worth buying or using. I don't need Steve Jobs to tell me what applications or content I want to use or consume - or create - on a device that I have purchased.

So it's awfully simple: If this thing uses a closed operating system like the iPhone OS, it will be a complete waste of time and money.

 

[strangeday]

I can see the news headlines tomorrow: "McGraw-Hill CEO found dead in ditch"

LMFAO!!!

You're terrible...

 

[paradox00]

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

I think they will bring touch to their OSX based machines at some point (don't really believe the rumor though). Just not as the primary means of input.

 

[jettredmont]

Jobs is going to call this guy and ask him to keep quiet next time.

Just as likely, Jobs is going to call this guy and tell him the deal fell through. So sorry. Maybe next year.

See AMD and one of their suppliers who very publicly stole Jobs' thunder a few years back (separate incidents). Jobs is not known for being an ******* for nothing, folks.

I can't imagine that Steve Jobs wants the first "sell" message for the Tablet people see coming from this nerdy textbook salesman. Oh, and it doesn't help that he calls it the "Tabloid" once, unless that's really its name.

 

[OS X Dude]

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

It's just logical I suppose. They will never make e-mags and books exclusive to it, it's just not a feasible business model for several reasons.

It'll basically be a specialised iPhone, for professionals and educational institutions.

 

[EMT123]

what an idiot! Off with his head!

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

I've been pondering the difference between iPad and iSlate.

To me, iPad is something that sits on your lap and uses pokes for input. iSlate seems like something you hold in your hand or arm and write or gesture on, thus it is more useful.

My money's on iSlate for the tablet.

 

[doctoree]

for me, a version of the iphone os that can also handle regular mac apps would be ideal.
this fusion could also lead to the possibility of running iphone apps in future osx releases, maybe as dashboard widgets.

and by the way. it needs to be much cheaoer than 1000 bucks because whats the point in getting this device when it costs the same as a macbook

 

[dwd3885]

uh..followup, please?

 

[cmaier]

See AMD and one of their suppliers who very publicly stole Jobs' thunder a few years back (separate incidents). Jobs is not known for being an ******* for nothing, folks.
.

I think that was ATI (pre-AMD).