Photos of Apple Tablet Back Shell Leaked?

[iSee]

Looks bigger than I would have expected. I'm having a hard time figuring out what the scale is in these pics, though.

 

[xtravist]

Looks square in the test rig photo.

The perspective makes it look square-ish but is definitely rectangular and also NOT white.

 

[Jimmy James]

There's the white one for the girls; where's the black one for guys??

QFT

 

[SchneiderMan]

I hope there isn't an accident that unleashes a Hulk tablet that smashes all the other tablets.

Bahaha +1

 

[northernbaldy]

You gotta test it in real life don't you think?

yes, whats known as "mass production"

 

[Burnsey]

I think it's safe to assume it will have a shiny glass screen, which is counter intuitive as far as reading content goes.

 

[bdkennedy1]

If that truly is the tablet, then someone high up at Apple leaked the pictures, because you can't tell me that some random Apple employee was allowed back there with Steve's baby.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

citing the possibility of a huge collaboration between Disney and Apple.

I'd just like to add, ``How is this a surprise?''

I think you mean Iger. Eisner was pushed out of his job at least a year or two ago.

 

[0dev]

Looks like the shape of an ebook reader...

 

[iSee]

Is it just me or does this shmuk not know what he is talking about.

There is nothing more annoying than someone who is not only arrogant but also wrong at the same time.

Look on the bright side: In a few hours you can mock him mercilessly...

...or he can mock you.

I'm looking forward to it, either way.

 

[flopticalcube]

The perspective makes it look square-ish but is definitely rectangular and also NOT white.

Looking at the base of the rig, I don't think there is enough of an angle to make a rectangle look like a square. We shall see soon. I don't think its white either.

 

[SchneiderMan]

Im so excited!

 

[zacman]

Looks like cracking plastic.

 

[fat phil]

Agreed. It's a rectangle.

I disagree, it's an oblong.

 

[MysterMac]

The moment I handled a Macbook Air I thought - swap the keyboard for a screen and voila - a super thin tablet - done. Macbook air was years ago, I can't see why its taken this long. I also cant see why it shouldnt have full OSX and a decent cpu & memory. If its iPhone OS its because they dont want to devalue the MBA.

 

[Shivetya]

Pictures don't imply a flat bottom.. which seems odd.

 

[kironin]

looks ugly and I don't believe it. Square doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

 

[xtravist]

Looks square in the test rig photo.

Im so excited!

bahaha

 

[macnews]

Fake... Apple makes everything in an assembly line method, not like that (4 at a time). It would be a waste of resources, time and money...

Fake... next

Besides, that looks like Aluminum, we need the plastic bar to help with radio waves for Wi-Fi and supposedly included 3G radio.

That set up is for shooting commercials. Notice the white dots for tracking, the arm connected via all black for removing in editing post shooting, four in a square for effect - so much of this looks like photos taken during a taping for a commercial. I would not be surprised to see this in about half an hour.

I should add, I've been involved in commercial creation and have seen rigs like this before. How do you think they get all that nifty motion? Sure you can animate but rigs like this make it more real, quicker and cheaper to put together.

 

[Fireman451]

Agreed with the above statement, this could be more than just a tablet unveiling. We could be seeing something else too, I wouldn't put it past Jobs.

 

[fat phil]

Pictures don't imply a flat bottom.. which seems odd.

That was my first thought. I prefer the flat backed iPhone to the 3G+

All the better for accidentally sitting on. (and for me, that's a BIG deal! )

 

[flopticalcube]

Pictures don't imply a flat bottom.. which seems odd.

Yes. Its curved like the back of an iMac. That is strange.

 

[SchneiderMan]

That set up is for shooting commercials. Notice the white dots for tracking, the arm connected via all black for removing in editing post shooting, four in a square for effect - so much of this looks like photos taken during a taping for a commercial. I would not be surprised to see this in about half an hour.

Nice could be ..could be

 

[thebeans]

You're kidding, right??

Actually it looks like a staging area for paint to be applied to the exterior of the device.

Paint??!!?? Yea right. There going to paint it!! Ha Ha Ha.

 

[nickdelvecchio]

This looks sweet. I'm excited. I would agree that this is for the robot programming or for shooting commercials. I think this is legit. bang.