Im my honest opinion, An apple tablet will be nothing more than a hot selling mistake. While im sure Apple will sell a bunch when released, This will be because most people have never really used a similar device so they dont fully understand its realistic use.
People think long and hard about why you want a tablet and how you will use it?
Will you use it to watch movies on the go, maybe in the car, maybe on a plane?
How are you going to position it? do you plan on holding a 2-3 pound device in an upright position for 1.5-2 hours? go find a 2 lb weight in your garage and hold it for 15 minutes, see how long you last. Now your response to this may be "yea but there will be stands made for it". Doesn't caring around a stand defeat the purpose of having an ultra portable device? plus the macbook air comes with a stand built in that also has a keyboard on it.
Hardcovers can weigh significantly more than two or three pounds. Yet people have managed them well enough for generations upon generations. And with a tablet, I could hold hundreds, thousands
Will you use it to surf the web and read/write email?
Have fun with that one.. Do you plan on holding it with one hand while typing granny style with the other? Or maybe lay it down on a table or surface and type with both hands, but now your neck is going to be getting strained from looking strait down, Plus if you have some were to lay it down, why not just use a netbook or macbook air? Its easy to type on the iphone because you can use both thumbs, with this, you can not.
One hand is all you're going to need for the Tablet when surfing the internet. Why would I type anything at all when I can just point and drag and click with my finger? Gesturing on this tablet will completely change how we interact with the internet.
Sure, there will be the odd address that will need to be typed in. Sure, short searches will need typed in order to be googled.
Or, we may have some seriously awesome voice recognition. One person said previously that there could be a voice recognition app similar to iTunes Genius. Our voices, as we use the software, are uploaded to the great database in the sky, and the software learns and learns the various dialects, timbres, tones, speeds, accents, with which people communicate verbally -- so that it begins to work flawlessly. This requires some imagination to visualize, but a little dreaming does the body good.
Were are you going to store it when your traveling?
Since the main purpose or idea behind this device is portability, Were are you going to carry it? it wont fit into your pocket like an iphone, Its going to be the same weight and rough dimensions of a macbook air, so why not just buy an air? an air is no less portable.
I'll store it in the same bag I used for my laptop -- only it will be lighter.
A talet will simply give us all of the portability of a macbook air with all of the restrictions of an iphone, so whats the point, it doesnt bring out the "best of both world" of these 2 items, but the worst of each. If Apple makes this product, it would be a big mistake.
Grandiose prediction. Let's talk again in early February. Of course, I'm ignoring the obvious question -- why would you possibly make such a statement when you don't even know what features it will include? I'd respect a statement like this much more if it ended up being correct. Currently, it simply reads as foolish.
