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07/27/09
It has absolutelty nothing to do with the tablet. The tablet is mentioned off hand as another apple rumor. The article is about apple's plans to push whole albums instead of songs.
Actually the article doesn't make any sense at all. Its all about the CD project then they just kinda throw some of the same specs they've been rumoring since the beginning.
Guess it worked for them. They discovered the perfect way to write any apple article...
Something something something... new hardware.
Something something something...soon
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Well you go boy! Show that defiance and keep that kindle of yours. *snickers*
07/27/09
e-ink screens tend to be easier on the eyes.
Myself? I don't use e-ink. Then again, my e-book reader of choice is a Motion Computing J3400.
07/27/09
Hope it works out favorably for the Mac folks.
New toys are always fun...usually.
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you know that mockup is sexy but it would never work, because in order to type you have to lay it down or you can hold it with one hand and type with the other, either way it's just not gonna work. the only other obvious option is doing it like Microsofts Origami concept where they have a thumb friendly keyboard on the side of the screen
like so:
07/27/09
For it to be that large and usable as a device to type on they've got to give us something different. I've always been partial to the keyboard on the back concept.
I had started throwing away the whole concept of an apple tablet. Then I started thinking of like the touchscreen iPod. Back in the day of the early rumors of a touchscreen iPod it was always with the same old iPod interface and even a virtual click wheel. What we actually got was different then anyone could of imagined. I think the tablet is going to be the same way.
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The "iTablet" really hasn't made sense until now. It's a market that Apple hasn't yet gone into, just like the iPhone. And to be honest, I can't fucking wait for it.
My guess is it will be pretty much what the rumors are saying it will be. A touch screen 10-12" tablet that runs OSX. The only part I don't think will be completely true is the Verizon/ At&t subsidizing, and by completely true I mean it will be available to the tablet but not a marketing strategy and a main marketing ploy. Here's why: People don't want any more monthly fees right now and by making this a monthly fee, like a cell phone plan, the public will view it as an advanced iPhone, which I think is a direction where Apple is not going.
I think I will be slightly pricier that most netbooks, around the $700 range, and will aim at the same market as the iPhone did.
But most importantly is that I think Steve himself will introduce this tablet. I though he would be back for the 3GS but now I can see him introducing this tablet just as he did the iPhone. And I can't fucking wait.
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Plus I am going to put one in my car dashboard for itunes/gps nav/email/skype im and voip/siriusxm/.
My main hope is that it allows simultaneous background applications, and uses the Iphone OS and not full leopard. I love the simplicity and consistency of the Iphone application controls.
07/27/09
Really the only thing Apple can do with the iPods are price cuts. Not that you'd see it from the article, which doesn't mention iPods at all.
In fact, the article makes me even more weary that this will be a flop. People don't congregate in living rooms anymore to watch movies or listen to music, and if they did, you'd need speakers of a quality unreachable in a 10" product. This sounds like a toy and it sounds like people should sell their Apple stock if the rumor's true.
Real Tablet PC's use a pen and proper handwriting recognition. Yes, people can type faster but they cannot draw diagrams, input silently, input in other languages at the same speed without needing to learn another keyboard layout; they cannot do mathematics at a level higher than the 5th grade nor can they annotate or highlight with the same speed as you can with a pen. Apple needs to cut the reason that they haven't entered the TPC market yet because of its niche status is a complete load of crap because it wouldn't BE a niche market if they entered it.
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I love my iphone, I really do. I use it for all sorts of stuff. That said, this this going to NEED (as others have stated):
-A kickass touch or stylus interface(which I trust Apple to do)
-A decent price (Not sure how much I trust Apple for that)
-Power (which, as SuprXY stated, is unlikely with the iphone OS)
I feel like Apple is spending too much time making toys, so to speak. I mean the article touts it as a portable media device. They already sold me one of those when I bought an iphone. This seems like more of a concept than a real machine.
I believe this thing has to answer two questions:
1. What can it do that the iphone/touch can't? (Leave the MMS jokes at the door, folks)
2. What can it do that the macbooks can?
If this thing has good touch control, syncs well with my TV, runs with iLife, and has a decent speaker set and processor, I'm sold. Seriously. On the flip side, if its little more than a "Supertouch," they are wasting my time...and yours too.
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Please?
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However, I would warn against wearing it in public.
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Here is the shirt- http://www.zazzle.com/dont_piss_me_off_iron_bar_tshi...-235609371138116414
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