Now that all that
iPod mess is over and done with, looks like it's as good of time as any to return to the world of Apple tablet rumors. A report from
Taiwan Economic News starts us off right, with "industry sources" telling the outlet it'll have a
9.6-inch multitouch screen, built-in HSDPA (so much
for Verizon), a
P. A. Semi processor, a "long lasting battery pack," and a $799 to $999 price tag. Most to all of that sounds
fairly familiar, but coming along with it is a new timeline: shipments will reportedly be delivered to Apple this December in preparation for a launch in February 2010. As for component providers, Taiwanese company DynaPack will reportedly be the exclusive supplier of battery packs, as much as 300,000 per month, while iPhone screen-maker
Wintek will be doing the display duties here, too. The author in question here does appear to have some manufacturing sources -- it looks like
he was right about the
Acer Timeline -- but at this point, we're not ready to believe anything without some photographic evidence of Steve Jobs personally adding the magical unicorn tears.
[Via
TabletAge]
posted September 15th 2009 1:17AM
"...Questionable polices, crap hardware that overheats if you push it too hard, initial buggy OS releases, patches that generally work but occasionally are crap releases, warranty work that you need to sometimes argue to get done...", "...an OS that I don't need to download a bagillion haxies to...."
Are you sure you are not talking about Microsoft there? lol
@John Doe,
looks like u forgot the sarcasm tag.
For that price! hahahaha! I wouldn't doubt that they really thing someone would buy it for that cost
Will it have a camera?!!!
Not if they intend to make it a great gaming machine.
Did uncle Steve tell us what should we use it for? He knows better.
seriously though.... front-facing maybe?
But can it take pictures?
I still want a true netbook from Apple. I just don't see touch computing taking off beyond small consumer devices such as the iPod touch, MS Zune, phones, etc. If you look at the Macbook Air there is plenty of room to on either side of the keyboard to make it smaller and provide the customer with a 10" screen. That combined with OS X may begin to capture another market.
I also look at it this way, Jobs said they would never use Flash memory in their media players because it just wasn't a viable option. Now Apple is saying that they see the netbook market as niche and won't sell something that is not well designed. I think we will see a true Apple netbook before we see a large touch screen pad because the market is so slim.
Its not so much about copying as it is stealing. Microsoft is notorious for semi-acquiring companies (most recently Caligari.com ) taking their great technology and then killing them -mostly to their advantage. Leaving said company high and dry.
Shame on Microsoft. It would a different story if they made improvements or great software, but they only make 'good enough software (and sometimes not)', 'cost effective/maximum profit (for them)' software.
Now I'm a firm believer in a capitalist system, but there is a a clear difference between earning profit and short changing your customers.
And before you start cussing me out blatantly and rudely Mark -We all know that you are the #1 Microsofty Fannie boy, claiming to know something about Macs too "because you own one."
Truth be known, ya' don't know jack about either platforms or their origins. So save it!
Wow, even more apple-fanboyism in this thread than usual.
1. $799? Are you on crack? Double that, at the least. This is apple, not acer, and screens like that don't come cheap. Unless its some shit 768 x xxxx display, which we know isn't going to happen.
2. No, verizon does not currently do HSPDA, but they said over a year ago that their 4g network would be LTE, which is GSM. By the time this tablet actually comes out, it would probably have an LTE chip, which means verizon is still in the running. And after seeing how poorly AT&T handles data devices, its not likely apple would give it to them.
You're probably right about the data. AT&T is already getting hosed by Apple on the iPhone; no way they and Apple would reach another agreement. It's way more Apple to play one vendor off another. Whoever carries the data for this new device, it WON'T be AT&T.
Wow, talk about a high price point. I was waiting to see exactly what this was going to retail for but it now looks like I should just go ahead & finish my Dell Mini 10v OSX netbook. No way am I spending that kind of money for a freaking tablet with just a 9" screen. I guess I was just dreaming to think that maybe this would be a $400 retail item. This constant overpricing & the never available Midsize-tower system I had hopes Apple would produce has really disappointed me. I swear Apple is like the college kid who suddenly becomes a superstar & gets such a big head that no one can make him listen. To bad too, because all this overpricing of hardware is going to bite them in the butt eventually.
To be honest, I couldn't really care anymore!
We've seen Apple bulls**t about not putting camera's in the iPod touch because it wouldn't be 'cost effective' (yeah, and thats why you prepped it for one then isn't it!), and say their not interested in the netbook market; and not care about taking Apple TV forward (so much for Apple innovation!!!!) ... so lets just leave them to get on with whatever they want - Im sure they will regardless of what we say and think!
I don't know; something happened at Apple ... they got lazy, relied to much upon existing success to the detriment of innovative new products!
As is par for the course, Apple are shooting themselves in the foot again.
They are going to price themselves out of contention with this crippled tablet of theirs.
The shiny edges won't make up for the lack of a keyboard. And if they plan on using any form of the iPhone OS on there, then it's automatically a fail.
Apple just doesn't seem to get it when it comes to computers.
They can count on continuing to enjoy their 7% marketshare, which would perhaps drop down to 5 or 6% with a limited tablet that will come in at nearly $1000.
I it features HSDPA, wouldn't it need to go through FCC first. With the iPhone, Apple went away from their normal release strategy (product available 'tomorrow') to avoid being outed by FCC... so wouldn't that apply to tha tablet as well?
As much as I love my iPhone and my iPod Touch, the price for this Apple Tablet is way off feasible. $800-1000??? For a 9.6 inch tablet? I could buy 3 or 4 netbooks for that... a mean ass laptop, a kidney from a homeless man. You get the idea. The die hard Apple elite fanboys will buy it just because it's Apple. But it will not break any ground into the hearts of America with that price. For a 9.6 inch tablet to succeed, it's going to need to be between $400 and 600 and have higher standards than the app store.
Honestly, 90% of the games look like ass on the iPhone already... do I really want to see that level of piss poor graphics on a larger screen?
bah humbug...Sony X
It looks like the new Dell Adamo http://www.adamobydell.com/xps/uk
I'm totally buying one of these macs once they come out. http://www.datarecoverygroup.com/services/mac.htm
But will it have a camera?
I cannot wait until Jobs comes to stage with this thing and say "That is a great gaming machine, unlike the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3...."
Sure many people will buy it, but it wont be anything special. Just an oversized iPhone/iPod touch.
$ 799 to $ 999????? WTF?
That's Apple's hardware profit driven mentality for you....can't even imagine only having a virtual keyboard to deal with all the time.
I'll take a convertible Netbook or even a full size CTO laptop instead (see Thinkpad X200, HP T2, Fujitsu, etc)......that has refined their features since 2000.....
Remember when Apple used to innovate rather than follow???
We miss you Rainbow APPLE.......