Apple Tablet

[blessingx]

Announcing Valleywag's Apple Tablet Scavenger Hunt: Win Up to $100,000! - apple tablet - Gawker

[jinp6301]

vs

Apple Indirectly Confirms Tablet Existence with Cease and Desist Letter to Gawker - apple tablet - Gizmodo

[The Monkey]

My response to that would be:

Dear Apple:

Kindly go fuck yourself.

Regards,

Gawker

[blessingx]

Apple to Show Off Its ‘Latest Creation’ Next Week - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

[HeadphoneAddict]

Is this an Oops?

Artamata, Inc.

[jp11801]

really how gullible can you be, it's pretty much the same rendition we've seen before. No third party vendors, particularly what appears to be a minor player would get access early.

[blessingx]

"lets anyone paint like a Picasso." What's a Picasso?

This is a little scary.

[HeadphoneAddict]

really how gullible can you be, it's pretty much the same rendition we've seen before. No third party vendors, particularly what appears to be a minor player would get access early.

I simply asked if this was an Oops.

[thrice]

The Apple Tablet Interface Must Be Like This - apple tablet - Gizmodo

Interesting article from Gizmodo.

[n_maher]

The Apple Tablet Interface Must Be Like This - apple tablet - Gizmodo

Interesting article from Gizmodo.

I find it hard to argue their logic and it parallels with what I've been hearing through various tech podcasts like Macbreak Weekly.

[thrice]

Heh. I'm listening to that episode right now on the commute home.

[Hopstretch]

It's got some side effects.

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : The tablet is freaking us all out

[veloaudio]

The Apple Tablet Interface Must Be Like This - apple tablet - Gizmodo

Interesting article from Gizmodo.

Damn good read.

[blessingx]

Damn good read.

x2

[jvlgato]

The Apple Tablet Interface Must Be Like This - apple tablet - Gizmodo

Interesting article from Gizmodo.

Great article! I'm very interested to see what this device will be like. I am still using an old Palm TX for scheduling, contacts, notes, and medical programs. Its screen is getting old and less responsive, and the battery starting to die, but I don't want to buy an expensive new Palm TX or pay $299 to get it fixed since it is a dying (or already dead) OS. I lust after an iTouch, but I MUST be able to use a physical keyboard because I routinely enter quick sentences here and there as I update patient info while I'm on the phone or after a patient encounter (I touch type very quickly, but thumb type horribly). I also work at two offices, and sometimes enter info from home or on the road, so need it to be very portable. I still write paper notes in the office, but in the future will likely switch to electronic health records kept in the cloud. I have a colleague who as of a year ago still carried around a Newton, he loved it so much! Most of the med students carry an iPhone/iTouch, but they don't need to type on a keyboard like I do. Nothing that I know of quite fits the bill, but I am hoping this will!

[thrice]

I wouldn't hold your breath for a physical keyboard on the device itself. I do hope that you will be able to use a physical keyboard either wirelessly via Bluetooth or wired via a dock of some kind. But it wouldn't surprise me if even that wasn't an option.

[Hopstretch]

Apple already makes a perfectly nice Bluetooth keyboard that I'm typing on right now. Seems crazy that they wouldn't just let the Tablet pair with that if you want to. But, as Thrice says, they go their own way.

[veloaudio]

If the ~$1000 price point is correct it better be able to pair with a damn keyboard.

[thrice]

agreed

on a less serious note:

Edited January 22, 2010 by thrice

[GPH]

Even though my hopes are low, I'd really hope for a modified OS X rather than something based on the iPhone OS. I love to have a certain feel of control with my computers and I think OS X is the perfect blend of control, simplicity and real-world usability. I wouldn't really care for a full-size iPhone. (I say this now, watch me with my tablet in two months )

[HeadphoneAddict]

If they price it for $1,000 I'd be worried it could fail like Windows Tablet PC where the tablets were more expensive than a full laptop with the same performance. At $1,000 many people would take a $999 white Macbook instead. I'd like to see a $699 price point, or less, but $799 may not be unreasonable unless it's not much more useful than an over sized Touch.

[GPH]

Ok, let's say I'd prefer a modified version of the real OS X rather than a stupid-people-proof version of OS X then.

[The Monkey]

I think Apple is due for a FAIL, and the form factor here presents a bunch of challenges. I like Apple and use its products, but Monkey say iTabletJesus is false prophet.

[tkam]

sweet zombies, then i can put this on:

[Grahame]

The tablet can function as a cricket bat?

Yeah!

or

Fuck Yeah!

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