Breaking news, everybody: Apple's working on some stuff. The rumors are flying in all directions today, starting out fairly innocently with word from the oft-innacurate
DigiTimes of an iPhone-destined 5 megapixel camera sensor. Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster piled on with an investor note saying they're giving an Apple January event a 75% chance of happening, and the tablet is squarely at 50 / 50. The most interesting word, however, comes out of the
Silicon Alley Insider, who is quoting a "plugged-in source in the mobile industry" who says that Apple is working with some select app makers on prepping high-res apps to demo on a "new, larger mobile device." The device would be shown in January but not available at that time -- presumably in wait for these redesigned apps to mature (at
WWDC, perhaps?). While that rumor is being piled in with the ever-present tablet hubbub, if we were to read between the lines we'd say it sounds more like a higher-resolution iPhone in the style of Google's Nexus one or Motorola's Droid -- both of which are making the iPhone's 320 x 480 screen look a tad archaic. Certainly more likely than Apple releasing "
several tablets" to match up with all the disparate rumors we've seen of the 7-inch /
9-inch /
10-inch unicorn device.
Update: Just so you know,
The New York Times has it on good authority that Steve Jobs is apparently "extremely happy" with the current tablet design. The assumption here -- if true, of course -- is that he won't be killing this project like he did all the previous iterations.
posted December 23rd 2009 1:31PM
And *if* the fabled Apple tablet doesn't come out at this meeting, will you and the rest of the bloggosphere quit talking about this crap?
There's been rumor of this Apple tablet for nearly a decade now. It needs to die.
@GeekPI
I lost the game.
@GeekPI
it will never die intill it comes to LIFE then DIES!
@GeekPI
"higher-resolution iPhone in the style of Google's Nexus one or Motorola's Droid "
N900 was the 1st phone with WVGA
@Nokia N900 you sure about that? quite positive 800x480 phones have been around for some time. ie the HTC HD
@Nokia N900 The Droid, and Milestone, both have 853x480px screens. The HTC TouchHD was the first consumer smartphone with 800x480px screen.
Japan has been rocking that res since forever.
@Boolean22
853x480px because their screen size is bigger , 3.7 inches
@Boolean22 The Droid is 854x480, which is WVGA. WVGA isn't only 800x480
@Nokia N900 Sorry to burst the Nokia fanbubble, but Toshiba released their G910 with 800x480 screen just over two years ago:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/16/toshibas-portege-g910-g920-go-fcc-followup-to-the-g900-super/
@PaulMdx
I think he means touchscreen but whatever...
I'm sure Apple's event will be more of the same. You can take that as you will.
Japan is a country, not a phone.
I'm an Apple fan and even I'm sick of hearing about this. Christ.
Doesn't the Samsung HD also have that res?
@PaulMdx Since we're in the mood of popping tech bubbles... The G900 actually had a WVGA before that.
@GeekPI
This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFfBuzddUMk
@Boolean22 Nope. Older winmo phones like the X1 had 800x480 resolution.
@GeekPI
OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! This is the first news I've heard of an Apple tablet device. This is supposed to be Steve Jobs crowning achievement that will render all other non-Apple devices obsolete. No more Windows, no more Android, no more netbooks. I can hardly wait for the 100 point Apple stock price jump the day Steve steps on stage and reveals a miracle that will change the course of history.
@PaulMdx
Nokia also had a 800x400 4" screen device 2-4 years ago N700-N800 and N810. Quite useful devices with a portability of a phone except it's not. More like a tablet like this one from apple.
@Sneakz lol since when is forever.? Way to go for Apple starting the year with this 'one'. so after the iPod and their iphone. Then now this one? an applet. Hmm, hopefully it will still be interesting. Oups for the joojoo fans out there: http://bit.ly/joojoo-who-tablet
@rasheedbill
I still think the JooJoo sounds like for another word for Jizz
like "I just JooJooed in my pants"
@geekthree
I lol'd
@(Unverified) Hopefully the iSlate a.k.a unknown apple tablet will really have some amazing features (as said) to make it unique than the average joe tabs users had before. See the video and details on how it all began: http://bit.ly/new-apple-tablet-best-or-worst
@EGOvoruhk
800480 ->WVGA
854x480 -> FWVGA
I hope at said event they boost the Macbook pros to Core i7s and make the ram cheaper like they did on the iMac.
@jordanbiffle HELL YEA DUDE!
And put an IPS display, 1TB HDD and a super good GPU..
@TheSmartOne
Isn't an IPS display a bit over kill for macbook pro? That would raise the price by $500 if not more. And then convert that to Apple Currency and you have $800 more.
I'll take the unicorn
@mikmik111 Look! Ugly one horned mule!
@(Unverified)
INNOCENCE!
@slamEVIL
May be innocent, may be sweet... ain't half as nice as rotting meat.
Tom cruise likes unicorn vagina.
@One Love
down ranked because we all know that Tom Cruise doesn't like ANY type of vagina.
@iroq d mullet HAHAHA
Talk about increase in iPhone usage among consumers
More talk about how many apps there are
More talk about how many developers have now signed on
Appearance by Epic to show unreal engine on the iphone
Updated Ipod Touch shown - camera, nothing else
Updated MacBooks - bump in specs, no change in appearance
Long speach about how users have transitioned to snow leopard
One more thing...
One more thing...
No tablet announcement
Posts on engadget how apple sucks, how microsoft sucks and how at&t's network sucks
@fatslug
That 'bout saves 1 hour.
@Outsider Saves about 4 days!
@(Unverified) It's similar to Digg. The posts on Digg and Engadget are Apple user friendly. But the comments on Digg and Engadget are Microsoft fanboy heaven. Unless it's bad news about Apple - then it's fair.
@fatslug You forgot the smart ass comment about Microsoft that Apple can't get though ANY press conference without making.
@fatslug Get rid of the Apple portion of that last step, and that would be a very plausible event!
@(Unverified)
Mack - Ah yes, the "Everybody on Engadget hates on poor little Apple, meanwhile all us Apple fans do is sit around and talk about how nice, and wonderful the competition is"
See, Apple fanboys - such as yourself, usually disable reading other poster's comments here on Engadget (usually because they contradict themselves, such as you have here). So lets look at your oh-so-kind words for the competition:
From http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/zune-hd-twitter-app-updated-dirty-words-no-longer-censored/
"No, you guys just have to wait 2+ years until Microsoft can copy Apple again. I envy you."
"All five ZuneHD owners are thankful."
From http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/palm-pixi-seen-running-webos-1-3-1-on-video/:
"Oh, yeah, Palm, I sorta, kinda remember that company. Didn't they make phones?"
From http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/verizon-looking-to-bump-early-termination-fee-to-350-on-advanc/:
"The Verizon nickel and diming begins."
And there are more, but Engadget will not let me post more links.
You are just another pathetic Apple fanboy. Waaaah! Waaaah! I said something not nice about others, then they said something not nice about me. That is not fair! I am telling my mommy on you!
Quit your whining, and if you can't "take what you dish out", then too fucking bad - deal with it.
@fatslug
Skipping right past your fight...I fear that fatslug's prediction may be what we see.
@NohOne1
You really need to look in a mirror someday.
@d0mth0ma5
hell you can now stop reading engadget, you now have everything that is going to be on here for a long time
@Jack
Paul, er, Jack - I make no excuses, if I have a problem with the Apple products I use (such as the new Mac Book I got a few days ago, the Mac Mini, iPhone, or iTouch I have had for a while), I say I have a problem, just as I have done with MS products. I don't sit around crying like a little bitch as you and Mack do about all the Apple "haters" and how they are so unfair for pointing out problems with a product.
@NohOne1
You've never actually read anything I've written, have you?
@Jack
I have read plenty of your regurgitated Apple talking points.
@fatslug
The slug is very disappointed in all your bickering, I will crawl away now and leave you with a trail of slug juice.
@NohOne1
No you haven't. If you had, you would be able to tell the difference between "crying" as you put it, and what I do, which is single out incredibly stupid things that people say, and correct them.
You are also guilty of saying stupid things here, which is why I respond to some of your posts. The solution is to stop saying stupid things. I know, it sounds easier than it is, right?
Of course your answer to being proven wrong or being called out on something idiotic that you said is that I'm using a "regurgitated Apple talking point" or "crying". Which brings me back to the part about you not actually reading what I'm saying.
And the part about not being able to take what you dish out? IRONY. Seriously, that's why I suggested the mirror. Or maybe look into buying a glass house so you can throw stones. You maybe have a petard to hoist yourself up onto? Are you catching my drift here, or do I need to dumb it down some more?
@NohOne1 Oh the irony.