The hype of the new year will be the Apple Tablet, there’s little doubt, but with little to go by in terms of leaks (read “cone of silence” for Apple Tablet team) we are left to ponder what Apple’s intention is for the iTablet.
Let’s put it another way. What if the rumor–from no less a tech personage than Ex-Google exec Kai-fu Lee–that Apple has ordered 10 million iTablets from suppliers is true? Does Apple have a market segment in mind sizable enough to take home ten million units of a possibly $500 + device? My opinion: netbooks. That’s right, Apple and Steve Jobs may be gunning for the highly competitive netbook market. What’s a netbook for anyway but to surf the Web and maybe watch movie or two on a screen at least twice as big as the biggest phone screen. The iPhone and iPod Touch are simply too small to do surfing or movie watching with any real comfort for the user. Apple might just have the answer in their upcoming tablet. A device thinner than a netbook but with just as much viewing space with some Mac OS X magic added and you may have yourself a netbook killer. With the success of the iPhone, Apple has pretty much proven that users can do without a keyboard. The next logical step is for a bigger screen and a faster processor.
According to Lee, the Apple Tablet will be 10.1 inches and will support 3D graphics. Now just take a pause for a moment and imagine this. Then add some Apple special support for videoconferencing and e-books. Now imagine an entirely reworked virtual QWERTY keyboard that is ergonomically designed for fast typing (at least faster than before on a virtual keyboard), and you have a technology that is as much a game-changer as the iPhone… that will be on January 26th 2010.
January 1st, 2010 at 11:25 pm
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January 2nd, 2010 at 7:37 am
definitely one of the top gadgets to look out for in 2010. This could be another Apple upsetting an industry. Just like they did with the iPhone and the Smartphone industry. I think they will cause a stir in the netbook industry.
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:59 am
This won’t kill netbooks for the sole reason that it will be priced just as high as higher end PC Laptops. They will sell this for close to $1000. Netbooks are popular because of their price.
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Rumors suggest this is going to be more of a MID-type device, and not a true tablet PC, and require a connection to iTunes ala the iPod Touch.
Netbooks are popular because they are cheap, are pretty powerful considering, and don’t really require any special knowledge or sync with a remote system. Chances are, the price on this guy will be enough to scare people away - if you believe that it will be cheap enough to compete with a netbook check out the price of a iPod Touch.
This will probably have it’s own niche market.
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Apologies for the run-on sentences. I know how to construct properly. Really, I do…
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
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January 3rd, 2010 at 11:59 pm
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January 19th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Find more information on Apple Ready: http://apple-ready.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-tablet-pc.html