eWeek: Apple Tablet?

But will it fit on the little plastic display stands?

Well that clinches it for me. Apple Tablet it is.

gahh...there will be no tablet! We all love Apple because Apple makes innovative products that work damn well. Tablet PCs, despite all the ridiculous marketing, have not found a real niche. The only decent suggestions that have been put forth are for educators, doctors, and factory workers taking inventory, but they can't be used successfully there because the battery life runs between 2 and 3 hours at best. If there is ever going to be an iTablet, it's not going to be until the necessary technologies are good and ready. Inkwell is there, but I doubt even Apple can stretch battery life past 6 hours...triple what's out there now, but still not a full work day. If nothing else, Apple won't put it out because they want to see the PC crowd fall on their faces as the tablet craze dies a horrible death, and then maybe...Maybe....they put out their own tablet that does everything Microsoft promised but failed at

Originally posted by Noiseboy
But will it fit on the little plastic display stands?

Not unless it's some sort of PDA/Tablet hybrid.

Originally posted by richard5mith
Well that clinches it for me. Apple Tablet it is.

You're easily convinced, aren't you? :)

If it is introduced, I wonder what the specs would be??
Maybe a 800Mhz G3 with low voltage
30GB HDD
256Mb of RAM,
2 Gigawire Ports
2 USB Ports
Bluetooth
And weigh 4 Lbs?
Also I hope it is not white!!!! ;) :p

Sounds quite possible - but that would essentially constitute...a...PDA!
I suppose it would be useful with iCal and the OSX Addressbook feature...but that would basically make it an iPod with text-input capabilities minus the music.

It would certainly have to do more than that...photos, perhaps?

But that would still only make it a Sony CLIE rip-off - check out the following link (cut and paste into browser):

http://www.jandr.com/JRProductPage.process?RestartFlow=t&Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=1652&pcount=&Product_Id=3027398&Sort=Mfr_Name,Current_Price,Product_Name

Check out this too (similar PDA with camera):

http://www.jandr.com/JRProductPage.process?RestartFlow=t&Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=1652&pcount=&Product_Id=3650424&Sort=Mfr_Name,Current_Price,Product_Name

My credit cards just ran away and hid from me. They know that if this comes out, it's cost will be added to their burden! :D ;)

seriously, if this includes 802.11b (or g? Please? :) ), it would be perfect for my wife, and an excellent sidekick to a desktop Mac.

Time to head down to the local Apple store and get in line for Tuesday's webcast, it seems. :D

That makes the Apple tablet article pretty tempting, but I'm still giving an iPod-like DLD better odds (65% vs. 35% for a tablet).
Then again, this sort of sounds like an iPod-like DLD, doesn't it...
Anyway, we all know the real question is: "are the display stands clear so we can see the Dynamic Ornamental Appearance through them?!" :rolleyes:

What is the point of a tablet computer?

I cannot see any real use for a tablet computer at all. Surley a large PDA would be more useful since it would have a much much better battery life. There are also only about five situations where it may be more useful than a laptop. I don't think that Apple would sell very many of these if they did make one.