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What Will be the Killer Feature of an Apple Tablet?

the killer feature will be that it projects holographic images,

yet, at launch, it will only project images of ponies.

that will also be its only feature.

And Apple will still sell 10 million.
 
Surely people should wait until the thing actually officially exists before reviewing it.
 
Maybe its not the thought what will it do. Everyone thought of the iPhone as another phone with plausible iPod integration. No one ever imagined who truly powerful the iPhone ended up being.

This tablet may end up being exactly the same. We may guess what it can bring, and some of our guesses can end up right. While in the end we will get something we never thought of.

Just saying.... iPods, iPhones, MacBook Air..... list ca go on with things we thought were doomed to fail, yet are Apple's strongest.
 
Mobile videochat already exists but it never got a widespread use, iChat and a front facing camera could be that killer feature.

But the big killer feature is definitely the app-store and the hardware connection, i'm sure developers will give us numerous reasons to buy the tablet. :cool:
 
arn said:
The killer feature for Laptops was probably the development of a long enough battery life, and bringing the weight down to < 10 pounds.

The killer feature for desktops was VisiCalc or some similarly important early app.

The killer feature for tablets is what makes it a real market and not a niche one.

arn
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I can't argue with that.
 
Compile 'em all said:
The killer feature of the iPhone was its multitouch screen. Precise, responsive, and smooth. All other phones at the time had either clunky keyboards, or you had to use a stylus.

The iPhone didn't sell because of "Mobile Safari".
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I disagree.

iPhone with mobile safari but no multi-touch -> still pretty awesome
iPhone with multi-touch but no mobile safari -> eh

arn
 
I think an affordable 3G/4G data-only plan could be a compelling feature. Combined with VoIP software - the iTablet can become an ultimate unified comms device - Internet/Media, Voice, Video conferencing.

Other than that, my MBA is already a perfect tablet.. no kickstand needed.
 
Killer Features ... hmmm, maybe it could have a built-in shuriken dispenser, and spring-loaded knife slot, with a chamber for sarin gas canisters?

Create a story for the device. This device lives in a stand near your TV / stereo. It's already an Apple TV, the Apple TV dies. It's a Squeezebox. It can be carried to the bedroom, around the house, where you need it. It'll stream to you stereo anywhere (dock has built-in airtunes wifi). There will be an in-car adapter. It'll deliver the news every morning as a Podcast, which you can watch on your TV, or on the tube to work. It'll do your shopping list, it'll remind you in the morning to put the rubbish out.

Or, it's just a tablety Mac thing.
 
JKColo22 said:
If it was subsidized through a carrier and had mobile 4G, I might pick one up at a $199 price point
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Always-on internet connectivity would be pretty awesome, especially if the price is subsidized enough to make it pretty inexpensive.
 
24" Monitor is Tablet Dock

Apple has a patent pending for a 24" monitor similar to current monitor, but with a docking slot where the optical drive is for an iMac. So, if this tablet has a docking mechanism like that patent-pending design, then you have a tablet for the road and an iMac-like set-up at home.

That would be a killer app plus!

Hope they call the tablet the Einstein.
 
Again, there is no point to a tablet, assuming Apple does nothing completely ground breaking with it. I have read posts saying that they are popular in the health care market, what else is popular in the health care market? Windows. I cannot see Apple making significant strides into the health care market with an OS X based operating system.

Now I hope I am wrong, but unless there is something truly ground breaking with it, I cannot see it being successful. I do not think there is a large consumer market for a tablet device the way it has been presented in mock-ups (a large iPhone type device), not like some tablets in PC market that have a swiveling screen that can be folded down so it functions as both a tablet and small laptop.

Someone convince me otherwise.
 
The killer feature would be running the full real OS X and not a limited iPhone-ish OS.
 
I knew the iPhone would be killer before it was released. It had so much potential and brought cellphones to a whole new level.

However, if this tablet does exist, I don't see much potential. It's like the AppleTV - it's an okay thing to have, not revolutionary, not too exciting.

I'm against the tablet, but I hope Apple Inc. does shine and offers something ridiculous for us.
 
I'd say, besides being a handheld computer, a proper eBook reader implementation might be a very good selling point. Proper books in de iTunes store, to compete with the kindle for example. Newspaper and magazine subscriptions and downloadable content over 3G and WiFi.

You're not going to read eBooks on your iPhone / iPod as the screen is too small. You're not going to read eBooks on your laptop as it doesn't read well either. An intermediate device could fit a eBook reader very well, good enough screen estate. And looking at Apple's usability history it probably can compete very well against existing eBook readers. It will have the potential to do to the eReader market (which is not really big yet) what the iPhone did to the telephony market.

And besides eBooks, you'll get much more functionality (movies, internet, games, etc) as it's basically a small computer.

Only problem is what kind of screen it will be using. LED, OLED or ePaper? (battery wise)

ps. obviously a multi-touch (branch of the) iPhone OS as Apple's really into the gesture and multi touch flow right now... perhaps they'll incorporate biometrics as well? Perhaps a pico projector? (might be a killer feature :))

pps. what about those free newspapers (worldwide: Metro, in the Netherlands: Spits, de Pers) being pushed daily to your tablet reader. It's cheaper and easier for both those free newspapers, and their readers.
 
Killer app? P0rn of course!!!!! Playboy, Penthouse, and Hustler subscriptions added to the iTunes store provide a truly interactive experience when combined with multi-touch actions like pinching, twisting, and swiping using 1, 2, 3, or 4 fingers! I just hope the thing is waterproof for easy cleaning. ;)
 
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