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Yeah but like... they don't know what it is, if its for an iPhone, a tablet, or old unused things for the iPod touch... So like... whats the use of posting about it?]]>Nov 4th 2009 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
love my ipods but engadget is just silly with their blind apple love]]>Nov 4th 2009 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
Seriously, give it a rest.]]>Nov 4th 2009 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/apple-rejects-macworld-iphone-superguide-from-app-store-for-u/]]>Nov 4th 2009 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/

Man! What are we gonna do with all those multi-touch friendly operating systems of tomorrow?]]>Nov 4th 2009 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
The plastic board looks interesting, but do we have any sense of its scale?]]>Nov 4th 2009 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
Err no. They are always posting one article per announcement, be it Apple, Sony or whatever. Apple is just announcing more stuff usually. I really don't see the bias, especially since you can't deny that Apple always has been one of the most important companies in the IT market that often pushes the industry forward.]]>Nov 4th 2009 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
You'd think after the first or second time you got banned you'd get the hint.]]>Nov 4th 2009 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
Lol! Obvious trolls, man....]]>Nov 4th 2009 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
I'd be surprised if it cleared 100K in 3 months, although they're are about a million of you fanboys though.... Just the right size for a cult]]>Nov 4th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Oh sure, rub that in... Grrrrrrrrrrr

Who the F wants a camera in the Nano?]]>Nov 4th 2009 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/09/steve-jobs-says-ipod-touch-didnt-get-a-camera-because-its-a-g/]]>Nov 4th 2009 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 5th 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
Just like I said the iphone was real, when all called fake

For sure the apple 'tablet" is real, mostly ebooks that will be sold through itunes]]>Nov 4th 2009 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
Apple has their eyes (or should have their eyes) on killing 3 birds with one stone as in targeting the following markets segments with one device:

-innovative e-reader
-netbooks
-tablets

also interesting is weather Apple will be able to extend their current revenue sharing model (70/30 split) to the ignorant hard headed print media companies if so then their content will fit perfectly in between the itunes store and the app store like it was meant to be there if not which i highly doubt given Apples track record but if not then you will see something like an iTunes+ account with a monthly subscription model so the media companies dont have to share their revenue either way it would be a smart move for print media to go digital and a smart move for Apple in general to finally tap into the above segments in a very apple-esque way

if Apple is smart they will encourage the newspapers big and small to adopt a unified format similar to digital magazines instead of scrolling down you just turn pages, ebooks will of course fit nicely into this already and duh so will magazines and once these three print mediums come together on a unified format it would be a truly revolutionary breakthrough a unified file format optimized for rich content presentation/consumption (Apples proprietary format of course) interactive and innovative much better then a pdf (inside the adobe reader yuck) or any word document (yuckness i dont want to edit the content i just want to consume it) webpage (way to much clicking and scrolling YUCK) or kindle/wanabes (WTF e-ink NO COLOR YUCK) so appealing that everyone will race to replicate it and thats Apples MO right there :)

if that happens im willing to say for certain that the device will not be a table and have 2 screens both of which will be multi touch to take FULL advantage of this new unified content presentation format and of course it will accurately mimic the reading experience of a magazine or book on a digital device....thats where its at as far as e-readers go

for the hardware the screens will be bigger then the iphones screen but the device overall will be smaller then the smallest netbook on the market still to big to fit in a pocket but more portable then any other e-reader or netbook/sub par notebooks in its class on the market it will also have an accelerometer a cam w/video (led flash maybe) and of course it will be a 3G/wifi interconnected device together with AT&T

also keep in mind that if the designers are feeling creative they will be able to of course create a form factor where one of screens may actually be able to swivel thus creating a tablet and your dream of an apple table would come true but it will not be just a tablet for the sake of making a tablet nah its GOTTA be a hybrid device a tablet, an innovative e reader with two screens and a revolutionary new kind of netbook with multi touch thats sounds more revolutionary then just a bigger iphone to me.......

software you can pretty much bet that they will use the iphone os but a slight hybrid if they go with 2 screens i seriously doubt they will do 1 screen but hey jobs is getting old and losing his edge so you never know but anyways if it has 2 screens it will be a hybrid if you hold it like a book its like looking at two iphones side by side when you swipe thru pages your swiping thru 2 pages at a time now or if they can optimize it where it will go into your digital print media application immediately if you hold it like a book, if you hold it like a notebook it will be like a widescreen iphone page on the top and if you have that many icons you can of course swipe thru the pages and the bottom screen will fill completely with a digital keyboard and maybe some hybrids like one thats a caculator and a widget screen one created just for games and all of these you can swap on the fly and if one of the screens swivels thus creating a tablet it will be just like holding a bigger iphone there may of course be a tablet app that will replicate a stylus driver GUI of hardcore stylus users but as far as the core GUI or functionality being driven by a stylus i just dont see that happening

it will of course fit nicely with the app store as well and devs will be able to easily scale their apps between the iphone and the ibook? form factor if they want to add additional features and take advantage of the additional screen for the ibook? think DS like for games they can if not then the app will automatically scale to fit the top screen while the bottom screen fills with a default keyboard or just additional space for on screen controls

done done and DONE they will dominate the netbook market share with this especially if its in the 500-600 dollar range not only that they will also dominate the e-reader market (from then on no e-reader will ever be black and white e-ink will be a thing of the past) and of course it will dominate the tablet market if there is still even a market for tablets in this day and age

or at least thats what i would do if i was Apple :) ]]>Nov 4th 2009 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
So, basically, you know nothing, by your own admission, but you're still posting it? Hmmm, you guys should really start charging Apple for all this publicity! :)]]>Nov 4th 2009 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/
So...they'll all be pink? Perhaps His Steveness will also introduce the iBag so the 'male' Metrosexuals won't be left out.]]>Nov 4th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/apple-tablet-rumor-roundup-future-of-media-edition/Nov 4th 2009 12:06PM