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Apple Talking to Australian Media Companies About Tablet?

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Apple has approached several Australian media companies about offering their content on the company's much-rumored tablet computer. Understandably, none of the companies have been willing to speak about the device on the record, offering few details about the substance of the conversations.

Apple has sent specifications of the device to Australian media companies in an effort to sound out whether they would be interested in delivering their content to the tablet. None would speak about the device on the record.

The report mirrors rumors late last month indicating that Apple had similarly approached The New York Times about the new device and its plans to redefine print media with it. Just yesterday, comments from New York Times executive editor Bill Keller surfaced that suggested he may in fact have some inside knowledge of the device.

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30 months ago
Yay.... I can read the Sydney Morning Herald on my Tablet. Here's to waiting until January...
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30 months ago
I believe a tablet as a book.... well, it will need a huge resolution.

I believe the best application for the tablet is as a configurable interface like the Jazz Mutant lemur.

The tablet should work as a big remote control an interface customizable for anything. And of course you can read books with it.
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30 months ago
well, here's an interesting tidbit from the article:

"Similar talks were under way with Amazon over the Kindle e-book reader but these broke down after the media executives baulked at giving Amazon 70 per cent of the revenue.

By contrast, Apple's model has been to give developers 70 per cent of the revenue and to keep a 30 per cent cut. It is expected a similar deal will be offered to media companies."
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30 months ago
It's time to put the tablet where your mouth is, Apple!
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30 months ago
This is exciting stuff! I'm guessing we're probably about a year away at least until something like this comes on the market.

Would love to be wrong on this and see something early in 2010 though....
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30 months ago
lets just "SLATE" that for January :D
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30 months ago

Yay.... I can read the Sydney Morning Herald on my Tablet. Here's to waiting until January...


They're going to sell the "tablet/slate" in Sydney too. It would be nonsense to think that Apple would only solicit United States Print Media for this new device.

And I can't wait 'til January either!
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30 months ago

It's time to put the tablet where your mouth is, Apple!


i think apple never said they develop a tablet. it's people unrelated to apple spreading these rumors.;)

anyway, apple come on. bring us that darn tablet. were entitled to it!:D
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30 months ago
Looking forward to the "tablet"....BUT (for me) iPhone OS is a deal breaker!
OS X PLEASE!!!!!
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30 months ago
There is one thing that I don't understand, why not release the Apple Tablet before the holiday season, instead of right after it? :confused:
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