http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/ Engadget Comments for Apple 'Tablet PC' manufactured by Foxconn, shipping in Q1? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
I wish this stupid thing would come out so we can move on...]]>Oct 7th 2009 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/]]>Oct 7th 2009 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
The truth is that I have an army of gnomes building these in my basement right now.

]]>Oct 7th 2009 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/

"portugal @ Oct 5th 2009 8:16PM
apple tablet will crush all the netbook from the face off the earth
including this one."

Classic.]]>Oct 7th 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
what happened to "no one reads anymore"?

way to go steveo]]>Oct 7th 2009 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
He also stated that nobody wanted to watch movies on a little ipod screen...i believe the ipod video was their most popular.

This is also going to have to be something very impressive to win people over. It's of course going to have the Apple tax and I'm not sure something priced that high can win over book readers, even with all the flare they no doubt will put into it. An e-book reader is also a product we've seen many times over.

Microsoft Courier on the other hand...]]>Oct 7th 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/But think about a guy who's number one priority in life wasn't his family, his money, or his fame, or his friends or his reputation, but making cool products and bringing the digital lifestyle to the world. That's SJ. He's a freak of nature. There are things that Apple can do because they make the whole widget, and if you have that at your disposal you can actually make some damn cool products without compromise.




Apple doesn't market something until they have something.

MS on the other hand, starts marketing something 6 months before its even out. Guess which tactic is more powerful every single time....

It may be disingenuous, but SJ has more marketing power in one pubic hair than all of MS and their multi million dollar agency.

The bottom line is when he said 'no one wants Video' they didn't have video. Then he came out with the iPod photo. And that was cool. (because everyone already has photos), and they had a color screen. Then they lined up Video on the iTunes store (legal) and finally there's a legal reason for having video on the iPod, and they did it. And you know what he said? "The iPod is about music, video is coming along for the ride." The truth is, portable video is kinda cheesy. People want to watch video on a flat screen TV, not a 3 inch screen. That's what the AppleTV is for.

]]>Oct 7th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/"Microsoft Courier on the other hand..."

I dunno, as nice as the Courier looks, I don't like the direction in which it seems to be taking Microsoft, with the whole closed-hardware thing. I would be much happier to see a third party hardware running the Touch OS than an iPod tablet (Yeah, I know it'll never happen).

Though the indications that Asus and Sony are also looking at the Courier format (with that freaky Sony flexible OLED thing in an earlier article.) makes me think there's more to it.]]>Oct 7th 2009 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
I'll agree, but they also want(ed) video on the go. We all know how the AppleTV is doing.]]>Oct 7th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
oh, sorry, i forgot, it apple, lots of people will buy it for... well, to have it (or to say they have it)]]>Oct 7th 2009 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
e-ink is better for reading e-books]]>Oct 7th 2009 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
All this said, it is beginning to sound like this device is supposed to be a competitor to the likes of the Amazon Kindle rather than Tablet PCs.]]>Oct 7th 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
If the tablet runs iPhone OS and has no physical keyboard, it's going to be a failure except among the Apple faithful.]]>Oct 7th 2009 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
That it's ALSO Internet enabled and iTunes connected will be additional plusses that places over other ebooks.

Then, when developers have their way with it, who knows what else they make it to be. It won't have all the features I would want, but it will have the features that will make it a hit with a wide section of the non-blog reading populace.]]>Oct 7th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
Next. ]]>Oct 7th 2009 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/> "being released in a market that is dominated by similar devices that will likely only cost a fraction what this will cost when it comes to market."

*IS* dominated? Similar devices? Like what?

I'm sure there will be cheaper versions of an "internet tablet" someday... but they won't be anything like whatever Apple releases...

Right now, companies are gearing up to battle the Apple Tablet... but no one even knows what it will do yet. It's like fighting an invisible opponent.

What if everyone expects the Apple Tablet to do X... but when it comes out, it also does Y and Z ?

The article said that HP will be coming out with a similar device in Q2. Similar to what? There's more to this than the hardware alone. Anyone can make a device with a 10" screen. So why haven't they?

If it's gonna be a bookreader, Apple has the iTunes Store for sales. It will likely play movies and music... something that Apple also knows a thing or two about.

I don't know what it's gonna be. But I doubt Apple will let it become the "AppleTV" of its market. It will most likely be the iPod of its market... whatever that market will be. Again, there isn't anything to compare it to right now.

You're dismissing the product before it's even announced... but I'm anxious to see what it is. And also see what the other manufacturers are prepping for. You're confident that other companies will make a "better, faster, cheaper" tablet PC... but would they have made one if Apple didn't?]]>Oct 7th 2009 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
If you were looking for an e-reader sony and amazon do a fine job. If you are looking for a multimedia tablet with apps to boot those are also covered already.

what else could it possibly offer in the form that would make it a mass marketed product and not a niche product?

They could gear it as a cool journal device like the courier but again that is a niche product.]]>Oct 7th 2009 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
Power?

Input? How are you going to type on this?

It's going to require a stylus, even though the Apple-feed line that stylus input is just so ancient has been repeated by tech blogs since the iPhone came out.

Text recognition?

"Too big to fit in my pocket"


I've heard not a single article raise these questions. Just feeding of iRumors, and openly cheering for one, like Engadget did during their last Apple infomercial/liveblog.

So it's a good guess those issues will be completely glossed over when it comes to this thing.]]>Oct 7th 2009 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
As long as it doesn't try to run a desktop OS and desktop applications then it should indeed address all the problems that Tablet PCs and UMPCs have. Tablet PCs were a good idea with a flawed implementation while UMPCs have always been an idiotic idea that have had the market success that they deserved.

What is clear is that whatever Apple is producing, it is not going be simply a Tablet PC running the Mac OS. At the moment, it doesn't look like this is intended to replace a computer at all.]]>Oct 7th 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
I think one thing we can all agree on when it comes to Apple is that they are likely to do less than people hope or expect, not more. Therefore, to correct your sentence, "What if everyone expects the Apple Tablet to do Y and Z... but when it comes out, it only does X?"
]]>Oct 7th 2009 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 8th 2009 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
was hoping for something smaller]]>Oct 7th 2009 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/Oct 7th 2009 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
I think the sweet spot for an MID *for me* would be about 8-9 inches]]>Oct 7th 2009 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
Soz!]]>Oct 7th 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
1) If Apple are serious about the eBook market (as opposed to video, photo viewing etc), then the screen must be based on an eInk or other non rear backlit display technology.
2) Does anyone else also share my experiences with viewing content on the iPod Touch or iPhone screen?

]]>Oct 7th 2009 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/
If this Apple Tablet has a screen similar to the iPhones, but is intended primarily for e-book reading, then it will fail. I hope they have some innovative ideas behind this, and will surprise us all.]]>Oct 7th 2009 7:08AM