It's going to be a touch panel the size of a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. Half an inch thick and very light. About a 13-14" diagonal screen (very thin bezel). Wifi and 3G. For text editing a full size onscreen keyboard will appear (bigger than a netbook keyboard). This new product category will eventually replace the laptop for most people - which will seem archaic in a few years. The iPhone is here to stay but this new product is a better size for surfing, email, text editing, music/photos/video, reading, remote controlling of media equipment, etc. It will run iPhone apps in floating widget-like windows. But there will be a new section on the AppStore for apps that are designed around this new product. Price: $1200-1500 and it will sell like hotcakes. It will be the next game changer for Apple.
I'm not sure how you are coming to this conclusion. Microsoft has been trying to push tablets for nearly 10 years now. The market has yet to receive them well. The only tablets offered now are built into notebooks with a hinge that bends backwards so that a notebook can be used as a tablet.
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I just can't see Steve Jobs picking up his laptop (notebook) off the coffee table every time he comes back to the sofa from the bathroom or the kitchen. Laptops and hinges are an awkward device.
They're often overkill for business travel, and while the iPhone is great a 7" tablet would be better for Internet work. .
Apple, as always, is advancing to the beat of it's own drummer.
Products don't get developed overnight nor do they arrive without years of development in many cases. Just because pea brain, loud mouth, know it alls (NOT) speculate guess and think they dictate or influence Apple's evolution, or know what Apple's got planned, doesn't necessarily mean squat.
It should be obvious by now "that loose lips sink ships" and that discreetness is exclusive of pundits. Apple would be mad to discuss openly it's intentions and plans...Did anyone really think that they could predict , guess or second guess Apple?
A Netbook/Tablet type device was only a matter of when, not if....
Look at how long Apple was developing OSX on Intel chips secretly along side the PPC Architecture (5 Years). And this was not even developing a brand new product, they were just making sure they had other venues other than Motorola...
I'm not sure how you are coming to this conclusion. Microsoft has been trying to push tablets for nearly 10 years now. The market has yet to receive them well. The only tablets offered now are built into notebooks with a hinge that bends backwards so that a notebook can be used as a tablet.
It's going to be a touch panel the size of a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. Half an inch thick and very light. About a 13-14" diagonal screen (very thin bezel). Wifi and 3G. For text editing a full size onscreen keyboard will appear (bigger than a netbook keyboard). This new product category will eventually replace the laptop for most people - which will seem archaic in a few years. The iPhone is here to stay but this new product is a better size for surfing, email, text editing, music/photos/video, reading, remote controlling of media equipment, etc. It will run iPhone apps in floating widget-like windows. But there will be a new section on the AppStore for apps that are designed around this new product. Price: $1200-1500 and it will sell like hotcakes. It will be the next game changer for Apple.
No way, no how... way too big.
7-8" max, with an optional 'dock' that will provide...
Not often I agree with the mob on things, but I work in a retail store and know that we are selling MSI Winds as fast as we get them in, and they aren't bad machines. I think Apple will miss out if they don't get something out there for this market.
Those of you waiting for a cheap Apple netbook should forget it. It's not going to happen.
What would make sense given Apple's parameters is a tablet with a 6" to 7" screen, capable of using a bluetooth keyboard, using a version of the iPhone OS. 640 x 960 resolution would make sense, or thereabouts. It won't run Mac OS/X.
A transreflective screen would be ideal; don't know if that's in the cards. That would require no backlight, but it would still consume more power than the kindle screen, since it would be color, with a high refresh rate.
It would do everything you can do with an iPhone, plus I would expect an iWork Touch application and some other desktopy stuff. I would also assume it would have 3G connectivity and GPS.
I would guess it would start at $699.
Amazon will support it. Their real business model is selling books, not Kindles. Newspapers and magazines might be interested in it as well.
I've made mention of it before, and it is my 2nd netbook. I bought an Acer Aspire One at Walmart knowing that OS X on it was a no go, but had at home an MSI Wind with OS X on it. I've also made many mentions that the iPhone is a great stand in, but not work if it is your only interneting device.
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Cool.
Don't forget to watch Woz tonight, dancing the Merengue.
No, the conclusion I was referencing was that laptop hinges are awkward and over kill for business travelers. If this were true then sales of tablets would have been better than they've been.
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"I'm not sure how you are coming to this conclusion."
Implied that you were asking how Apple would pull off a tablet when everyone else had failed.
Not often I agree with the mob on things, but I work in a retail store and know that we are selling MSI Winds as fast as we get them in, and they aren't bad machines. I think Apple will miss out if they don't get something out there for this market.
The issue isn't that they can be sold, but if there is enough profit to be made. Mine is great with OS X on it, but it's not a replacement for a full sized laptop, though fine for a temporary stand in.
It's going to be a touch panel the size of a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. Half an inch thick and very light. About a 13-14" diagonal screen (very thin bezel). Wifi and 3G. For text editing a full size onscreen keyboard will appear (bigger than a netbook keyboard). This new product category will eventually replace the laptop for most people - which will seem archaic in a few years. The iPhone is here to stay but this new product is a better size for surfing, email, text editing, music/photos/video, reading, remote controlling of media equipment, etc. It will run iPhone apps in floating widget-like windows. But there will be a new section on the AppStore for apps that are designed around this new product. Price: $1200-1500 and it will sell like hotcakes. It will be the next game changer for Apple.
Too big. 5.5" x 8.5" would make more sense technically and economically. Also, for most people, the iPhone will become or continue to be the closest thing to a portable computer they'll own.
Not often I agree with the mob on things, but I work in a retail store and know that we are selling MSI Winds as fast as we get them in, and they aren't bad machines. I think Apple will miss out if they don't get something out there for this market.
AFAIAC, these so-called "netbooks" are a big step backward. Too big to stick in the pocket, too small to do real work... bleh. I think parents must be buying them for their kids. That's about it.
Don't forget to watch Woz tonight, dancing the Merengue.
I may have to pass on that.
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I'd almost expect them to come out with binocular computer goggles before they come out with a touch pad...
I really want a pair of those but the ones that work for the iPhone/iPod Touch seem too expensive, too low quality, and have to many attached parts to make them convenient.
Imagine having a 10" Apple netbook, one with a touchscreen , SSD and spec 801.11n WiFi. Who won't buy one? I sure will - the price won't really matter, at least not to me since Apple products are cool, right?
However, wasn't WinTek the same company that said to work on a screen for the iPhone nano?
No, the conclusion I was referencing was that laptop hinges are awkward and over kill for business travelers. If this were true then sales of tablets would have been better than they've been.
Not to mention that they're harder to read on a toilet seat.
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I just can't see Steve Jobs picking up his laptop (notebook) off the coffee table every time he comes back to the sofa from the bathroom or the kitchen. Laptops and hinges are an awkward device.
They're often overkill for business travel, and while the iPhone is great a 7" tablet would be better for Internet work. .
Apple, as always, is advancing to the beat of it's own drummer.
Products don't get developed overnight nor do they arrive without years of development in many cases. Just because pea brain, loud mouth, know it alls (NOT) speculate guess and think they dictate or influence Apple's evolution, or know what Apple's got planned, doesn't necessarily mean squat.
It should be obvious by now "that loose lips sink ships" and that discreetness is exclusive of pundits. Apple would be mad to discuss openly it's intentions and plans...Did anyone really think that they could predict , guess or second guess Apple?
A Netbook/Tablet type device was only a matter of when, not if....
Look at how long Apple was developing OSX on Intel chips secretly along side the PPC Architecture (5 Years). And this was not even developing a brand new product, they were just making sure they had other venues other than Motorola...
I'd be one of the first to buy a netbook from Apple to 'compliment' my iMac, NOT replace it.
Hey, iMac, you look great. That Jonny Ive stylin' is untouchable! And those iApps? No one can touch you. You are da *bomb*!
(Perhaps you mean complement?)
I'm not sure how you are coming to this conclusion. Microsoft has been trying to push tablets for nearly 10 years now. The market has yet to receive them well. The only tablets offered now are built into notebooks with a hinge that bends backwards so that a notebook can be used as a tablet.
"Microsoft has been trying..."
You just answered your own question.
It's going to be a touch panel the size of a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. Half an inch thick and very light. About a 13-14" diagonal screen (very thin bezel). Wifi and 3G. For text editing a full size onscreen keyboard will appear (bigger than a netbook keyboard). This new product category will eventually replace the laptop for most people - which will seem archaic in a few years. The iPhone is here to stay but this new product is a better size for surfing, email, text editing, music/photos/video, reading, remote controlling of media equipment, etc. It will run iPhone apps in floating widget-like windows. But there will be a new section on the AppStore for apps that are designed around this new product. Price: $1200-1500 and it will sell like hotcakes. It will be the next game changer for Apple.
No way, no how... way too big.
7-8" max, with an optional 'dock' that will provide...
- keyboard
- expansion capabilities... i/o, memory, external monitor, etc
It could end up being a stand-alone that doesn't require a 'mothership'.
MacTouch Mini
Mac iPaperback.
"Microsoft has been trying..."
You just answered your own question.
What question was I asking?
"I'm not sure how you are coming to this conclusion."
Implied that you were asking how Apple would pull off a tablet when everyone else had failed.
Ok, you didn't include a question mark. Sue me.
What would make sense given Apple's parameters is a tablet with a 6" to 7" screen, capable of using a bluetooth keyboard, using a version of the iPhone OS. 640 x 960 resolution would make sense, or thereabouts. It won't run Mac OS/X.
A transreflective screen would be ideal; don't know if that's in the cards. That would require no backlight, but it would still consume more power than the kindle screen, since it would be color, with a high refresh rate.
It would do everything you can do with an iPhone, plus I would expect an iWork Touch application and some other desktopy stuff. I would also assume it would have 3G connectivity and GPS.
I would guess it would start at $699.
Amazon will support it. Their real business model is selling books, not Kindles. Newspapers and magazines might be interested in it as well.
I've made mention of it before, and it is my 2nd netbook. I bought an Acer Aspire One at Walmart knowing that OS X on it was a no go, but had at home an MSI Wind with OS X on it. I've also made many mentions that the iPhone is a great stand in, but not work if it is your only interneting device.
.
Cool.
Don't forget to watch Woz tonight, dancing the Merengue.
"I'm not sure how you are coming to this conclusion."
Implied that you were asking how Apple would pull off a tablet when everyone else had failed.
Ok, you didn't include a question mark. Sue me.
I'm just wondering how fast a 7-10" lighted, touch screen will drain a battery?
I'd almost expect them to come out with binocular computer goggles before they come out with a touch pad...
Not often I agree with the mob on things, but I work in a retail store and know that we are selling MSI Winds as fast as we get them in, and they aren't bad machines. I think Apple will miss out if they don't get something out there for this market.
The issue isn't that they can be sold, but if there is enough profit to be made. Mine is great with OS X on it, but it's not a replacement for a full sized laptop, though fine for a temporary stand in.
It's going to be a touch panel the size of a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. Half an inch thick and very light. About a 13-14" diagonal screen (very thin bezel). Wifi and 3G. For text editing a full size onscreen keyboard will appear (bigger than a netbook keyboard). This new product category will eventually replace the laptop for most people - which will seem archaic in a few years. The iPhone is here to stay but this new product is a better size for surfing, email, text editing, music/photos/video, reading, remote controlling of media equipment, etc. It will run iPhone apps in floating widget-like windows. But there will be a new section on the AppStore for apps that are designed around this new product. Price: $1200-1500 and it will sell like hotcakes. It will be the next game changer for Apple.
Too big. 5.5" x 8.5" would make more sense technically and economically. Also, for most people, the iPhone will become or continue to be the closest thing to a portable computer they'll own.
Not often I agree with the mob on things, but I work in a retail store and know that we are selling MSI Winds as fast as we get them in, and they aren't bad machines. I think Apple will miss out if they don't get something out there for this market.
AFAIAC, these so-called "netbooks" are a big step backward. Too big to stick in the pocket, too small to do real work... bleh. I think parents must be buying them for their kids. That's about it.
Don't forget to watch Woz tonight, dancing the Merengue.
I may have to pass on that.
I'd almost expect them to come out with binocular computer goggles before they come out with a touch pad...
I really want a pair of those but the ones that work for the iPhone/iPod Touch seem too expensive, too low quality, and have to many attached parts to make them convenient.
However, wasn't WinTek the same company that said to work on a screen for the iPhone nano?
No, the conclusion I was referencing was that laptop hinges are awkward and over kill for business travelers. If this were true then sales of tablets would have been better than they've been.
Not to mention that they're harder to read on a toilet seat.