You may recall back in December, we first reported the news about Apple gearing up for the launch of a large form iPod touch. While there had been no shortage of rumors over the years about some sort of Apple tablet, our sources indicated the device would be akin to Apple’s current mobile devices, the iPhone and iPod touch, which are both seeing booming sales. A new report from AppleInsider seems to confirm this news, and gives some new details.
Most importantly, after months and probably even years of tweaking, the device is now said to have Steve Jobs’ seal of approval. All we all know, even now, that is perhaps the single biggest determining factor as to whether a device will see the light of day from Apple. Jobs apparently likes this new device so much, that he’s “cemented” into the company’s 2010 roadmap of products, AppleInsider says citing sources well-respected “for their striking accuracy in Apple’s internal affairs.”
And we shouldn’t have to wait a year or more for the device, the goal is Q1, according to the report. This indicated just a small slip from the Fall 2009 launch that we had initially been hearing.
So what other details are there? Well, the device will apparently have a 10-inch screen (slightly bigger than the 7 to 9 inch screen prototypes our sources had seen). It will also have built-in 3G wireless access. This is where things start to get really interesting, because there have long been rumors of Apple talking with Verizon about a device that was not the iPhone. Apple, of course, has an exclusive deal in the U.S. with AT&T for the iPhone through next year, but there have been no shortage of whispers in recent weeks that it’s not just us that is displeased with AT&T, but that Apple is as well. And Yesterday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson made a comment indicating that the iPhone would not be AT&T exclusive forever, perhaps indicating that the end is near for the exclusivity of the partnership.
Another interesting partnership element is behind what will power this new device. It had long been assumed that Intel’s Atom chips would be used in such a device, but more recent reports have indicated that Apple has instead used its acquisition of chip-maker PA Semi last year to produce its own, custom-tailored chips. AppleInsider is indicating the same thing. These chips would supposedly handle the device’s power consumption better than the Atoms would.
One thing that’s not clear from this new report is what kind of operating system this device would run. AppleInsider’s own mockups (pictured above) indicate that it will run apps like the iPod touch and iPhone. This would seem to suggest a version of the iPhone OS, rather than Mac OS X. But who knows, that’s just a mockup. Certainly, a low-power chip would have an easier time running the iPhone OS. But this would change Apple’s idea of having developers develop for one form factor, something which gives the iPhone platform an advantage over other mobile devices.
Another question mark remains the price point. The report suggests it will be “expected to retail for somewhere between the cost of a high-end iPhone and Apple’s most affordable Mac notebook.” That means between $300 and $1,000. And given what Apple COO Tim Cook said the other day during Apple’s earnings call, you can probably rule out anything under $399 and $499 as well. So perhaps $699 or $799?
But one pricing wild-card that you must note will be the wireless carrier partnership. If there in fact is one, that could mean another subsidy which could drive down the price significantly. But would people be willing to pay a monthly fee for a device that isn’t a mobile phone? That seems unlikely in this market. So perhaps Apple will work out a deal with Verizon or another carrier similar to what Amazon has done for its Kindle device. That is, it will bake the cost of access into the cost of the product. The problem there is that while the Kindle uses very little wireless data to transfer books, an Apple tablet would presumably use a huge amount of data, for apps and Internet access.
That type of access is something which I doubt any carrier would be willing to provide without a huge (and I mean huge) chunk of change in return. This will be something to pay attention to over the next several months.
The AppleInsider’s rendition is rubbish.
No way that Apple would design a product to look that cheesy and ill-proportioned.
Whoever did that rendition has zero imagination, and shouldn’t be allowed near Photoshop.
AppleInsider is a joke anyway. Their editor has got to be the Minister of Fanboy Propaganda.
They may be a joke, but at least they don’t use a run-on sentence in every article like MG, a “journalist”. Get an editor, man.
No offense, but when are you people going to understand that this is a blog, and not a newspaper? Get over yourselves.
When they don’t claim to be the “new media” — the replacement for newspapers.
No. That honor would go to the editors of macdailynews.
The mock is terrible for sure… lol. It’s like they just enlarged it and then expanded the screen a bit..
The carrier thing is no big – laptops, tablets, etc do not have baked in 3G with free plans. All they need to have is wifi+3G on a chip, and then let people sign up for access if needed. Certainly, something like this would be huge internationally, so looking at it from an American carrier perspective is very short sighted.
The Kindle example is also a bit off – Kindle carrier agreements are almost secondary to the PUBLISHER agreements – that is, it’s much harder/more important to deal with territorial publishing rights, and then work a carrier deal to keep things as easy as possible for the consumer.
All Apple needs to do, is provide a wifi device that CAN go 3G (or is the delay to get 4G?) on any/many carriers, then rather than tie functionality to the device, everything else about territories/region constraints can be handled in software via iTunes. All a baked-in deal does, is increase the cost of the final unit to the public somehow, and that ALSO isn’t going to fly with consumers.
Outside Silicon Valley, people REALLY don’t care that much about the always-on wireless connection, especially now that Joe SixPack tends to have wifi at home, at work, in school, etc. That kind of anytime access can still be provided by the iPhone/other phone, which could also provide tethering (lol) to handle iSlate connectivity.
All I ask is that they make these impact resistant enough to handle babies, and add a video camera, and pretty much every parent will need one… If only to get their iPhone back from the toddler.
Agreed. Apple really needs to get rid of their American style thinking when it cones to mobile devices. Just sell the damn things, iPhone included, unlocked and without a subsidy. That way anyone can use them with whatever operator they want. I know loads of people in Finland who will not buy an iPhone for this reason alone.
Some laptops/netbooks do indeed have baked in 3G wireless and plans. The Dell Mini 9 for starters. It’s available here in Australia for $69 for 5GB (Netbook included for ‘free’).
Agree that there should be a choice though.
Do not want. CrunchPad please.
i 2nd that!
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I’m curious why you’d support a device from an unproven manufacturer over one from someone who’s been making smaller and smaller computers for years?
Loyalty to TechCrunch? Support for ‘the little guy’? Dislike of Apple’s supposed ‘elitist’ image or their previous policies?
Let’s see some details on both devices before basing an opinion.
Apple haters don’t have to explain anything or even have the slightest idea of what they’re talking about, don’t you know that ?
Cuz anyway, they’re sure to have other Apple haters that will confirm they’re right, just like sheep.
A fake picture and some rumours are more than enough to start flamming about any Apple product.
lol…
Very true. We still have till early 2010 when this thing comes out. Even rumors 1 day away of from release of a product. Is basically false. So far I’ve seen about 20 different pictures and rumers of this so called apple tablet. And I’ll guarantee that none of those will be the true product. While every apple hater discriminates on all of the rumers not knowing anything about apple history enough to know that rumors are about 80% of the time fake. Apple knows how to market. Alot better then microcrap. They dont release a mass amount of info ahead of time. They keep things secret which helps them in the release of the product
I even agree with that comment even though I don’t and will not ever own an Apple product.
I’ll prefer a crunch pad over this if it comes with Chrome OS.
Yeah I love Chrome OS too.
The many snapshots and videos seen everywhere on the Internet show clearly that it’s the best O.S. already released ever.
I can’t wait for Chrome OS 2, it will be soooo much better !
Do you mean the snapshots that were fake?
Nothing against TechCrunch, but given Apple’s obvious core competency in creating beautiful products, I think the CrunchPad is going to look like an ugly turd compared to this thing. Time to close up shop on the CrunchPad.
Not sure how I feel about a giant touchpad personally. Why would I use this when I could buy a netbook? I think it would hurt my neck if I had to type and constantly look down because I couldn’t hold and type at the same time.
because you’re a giant poopy!
nothing beats the crunchpad
I’m kind of skeptical of this… the iPhone/iPod Touch’s big positive is the fact that it comes somewhat close to full-blown computing in a pocket size. The negative is (to me, at least) that it is hard to type on and is missing features. If they’re just blowing up the size without adding quite a few features or a good deal of functionality, what’s the point?
If you have a variant of OSX as the operating system on this, it will need a total interface overhaul, but it becomes intriguing and worth looking into. An oversized iPod Touch isn’t really worth buying IMO.
I’d say at least 50% of Apple purchasers don’t buy the products because of features, but simply to have the coffee-shop cred.
Hope it has a slideout keyboard.
apple tablet = paid advertisement
crunchpad = word or mouth/viral
“hi I’m an apple and im a crunch pad”….
winner: crunch pad.
lol, cant wait to see those crunchpad VS applepad ads.
Simon, you’re soooo right !
Apple tried very hard to have any article about their product, but no journalist wanted to talk about it. Nobody was talking about it in the forums before and after it was released.
Nowadays, the only way to see something about the iPhone is an Apple ad.
On the contrary, I see articles about the Crunchpad everywhere in the news : NYT, CNN, Washington Post : they all talk about it and the rumours are jumping from blog to forum to mass media… There’s a real madness about the Crunchpad, so it will be a big hit.
“Nowadays, the only way to see something about the iPhone is an Apple ad”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I was really hoping for a device with roughly four times the screen real estate of an iPhone, which translates into somewhere around a six-to-seven-inch diagonal.
That would make a device that’s pocketable (in a coat or jacket pocket), but not so big that you’d need a backpack to carry it. It would also make a good ‘tween device for when you need more than your iPhone, but don’t want to carry that 15″ MacBook Pro. Make it too large (and 10″ is too large) and you might as well carry a full-fledged notebook and be done with it.
A six-inch screen would be a near perfect ebook reader for most texts, a great TV and movie media device, and a killer portable game machine. Email and web browsing, already fairly good on the iPhone, would be more than adequate when done on a high-resolution screen 4x the size.
A smaller device means less weight, and a smaller screen translates into better battery life. A good media player/game pad needs at least eight hours running at full tilt, with, say, a good 12-16 hours when being used as a mere ebook reader/web browser.
Come on Apple, I want a pad, not a tablet.
Michael, I agree. I can’t imagine what use a 10″ screen is. The real need is for a device small enough to be portable in your pockets (and light enough not to make your pockets sag), but big enough for serious work.
That is, larger than a phone, but smaller than the UMPCs, which never really caught on. I’m thinking the sort of thing a mobile blogger would use, for blogging during the commute, or on a plane.
I think 6″ would be perfect. Of course, it’s not entirely a new idea:
http://www.yout...h?v=vYYV56m3ljI
Actually, after looking at the Q7 videos I’d say that a slightly smaller five-to-six-inch screen might be in order. Say, a device with a screen about the size of a 4×6 file card.
And most of what Apple does isn’t new. Just executed better than anyone else…
My thoughts exactly on the screen size, Michael.
what is this crunchpad you speak of???? pls
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I really hope that AT&T Blow the deal with the iPhone.
I think its going to be Verizon. Since, I know that Apple is working on integrating CDMA modem into one of their product (not sure if it is iPhone or this tablet though).
“And we shouldn’t have to wait a year or more for the device, the goal is Q1, according to the report. This indicated just a small slip from the Fall 2008 launch that we had initially been hearing.”
MG – I think you meant Fall 2009 – feel free to delete this comment.
yep, thx.
.. and how big is the battery again??
All this and it uses the natural electrical currents in the human body to draw power and makes you fart rainbows and sing like one of the three tenors.
camera please
If it’s just an overblown ipod touch, I don’t really want it. I’m intrigued to see what comes out of this new device from Apple but I’m also thinking about the Crunchpad as well. I just need something to check stuff online, no need to download anything. I have a desktop for that. http://ziggytek.com/
tablets suck
Looks like an over-sized Iphone. If the touch sensors are like the Iphone, which it probably would be, then I might have to check it out.
What about the crunchpad? Will you launch your tablet before apple’s?
I would pay a monthly fee up (something around 50-60) to have 3G access on this thing.
I wouldn’t. Apple’s deal with Verizon would have to be a unique one.
Yay, now we dont need to talk about the crunchpad anymore!
Yo Arrington…
I would get a move on concerning that crunchpad if I were you!
It will probably be the most brilliant tablet ever made, but then they’ll cripple it by making it work only with iTunes
Did you tell Michael to hurry up with CrunchPad yet?
Michael vs. Jobs = Who will win?
If this is true, even though there’s a lot of people anxious for the CrunchPad, I’d suspect Arrington should probably get the CP out sooner rather than later. When Apple brings products like this, they often gain a pretty large userbase quickly because of their closed ecosystem. I’d think that even though this Tablet would be priced considerably more than the CP, it would still eat into the CP’s sales.
Why can’t it have both OSes?
The iPhone OS is probably small enough that it could be kept in RAM for fast switching. Use the iPhone OS is you want to leverage your existing iPhone apps and increase your battery life; use the Mac OS when you need to leverage the full power of the tablet, e.g. RAM, screen resolution etc.
You nailed it with the OS’ses Guy Argo; why not both bootable.
Below is a mix of what I expect the tablet to be when it is launched, what it can become and what i think a tablet should be.
NAMES (not all serious):
iCase, iScreen (iScream), iBase, iBoard (iBored), iSlate, iPlate, iPalet , iKnow, iMat/iMatt, iMap, iGist, iPlank, iFrame, iBank, iHand, iWall, iTile, iTube, iTake, iFlat, FlatMac (the name of my 1987 design)
And; please let the name not be iBook Touch or MacBook Touch.
USES:
browsing, email, social networking, cloud apps, video conferencing, video calls, chat, drawing pad, drawing pad (as peripheral to Macs, iPodPhones, PCs), picture frame, TV, movie screen, film editing, photo-editing, music editing, musical instrument, board games (tricktrack, cards, monopoly, puzzles, stratego, triviant), DJ mixing table, external screen (as peripheral to iMacs, iPodPhones, PCs ánd camera’s), mirror, enhanced mirror (record and see yourself from all sides), augmented mirror (makeup, tailors, hairdressers model you in advance), route-mapping, form entry, ebook reader, any game, jukebox, education tool (art-classes-sketching, transforming, interactive history), painting canvas and palet, control dashboard, medical patient files in hospitals (with tablet only responding when held/touched by authorised personel), commercial unsupervised interactions with customers (wall-, console- or table-mounted) like: in restaurants cafertaria’s etc (ordering, billing, entertainment, information, background, jukebox), in shopping malls, as jukebox, slot games, tourist information, exhibition guides, interactive posters, augmented mirror, entrance host (hotel lobby; human recog, person recog), identification checking, …
FEATURES:
- touchscreen should accept stylus input too, for use as drawing pad and for serious handwriting.
- screen will be 10″ at least, but i would prefer 12-13″ for a more full-size ‘page’. 15″ and over could eventually come out as specialised members of the tablet family.
- camera(’s) 3-6 mp
- built-in speakers of sufficient quality for group viewing.
- 4 headphone + mic jackS; for multiple players-viewers, preferably plugs on all 4 sides.
- adjacent iTablets make for a single larger ‘desktop’ surface, when users agree so when joining their tablet to the other(s). This would mean business partners could all work and walk with their tablets to a meeting. There the tablets combined form a table surface where all participants can interact and transfer files and notes etc.
- adjacent iPodPhones and iBooks and iMacs make for cross-over drag and drop for files (hm; auto-syncing is doing that)
- fairly thin, but not annorexic
- ports will have covers, except headphones.
- packed with massive fixed battery
- preferably with pull-ring on a rolled cord to spin a dynamo to charge battery by hand.
- outer edge ‘grippy’, so it will stick when leaning on a side and safe feeling when holding with one hand.
- screen-glass should not run sharply into the corners; better if there’s a certain amount of rounded hold-area.
BUTTONS:
on-off, hold, volume up-down
ADD-ONS:
speakers, support (foldable/extractable), keyboard, mouse, powerful camera-core (core = only lens+ccd)
ATTENTION:
- internal speakers; where? .. short sides ..
- camera; only one on horizontal front, no need for one on the back, it’s not meant to be handled as a camera and people have handfitting camera’s in their phones. But a camera on the back could be used for augmented reality. It would be really great to have two cameras on the front-side; then it would be possible to shoot, and see 3D pictures and videos. Also those front two could be used for motion recognition.
- screen; could be other than plain LCD, angle has to be great, maybe a tweaked led, but no color-eInk cause it’s not here yet for at least two years.
- OS; when it’s based on iPhoneOS, then apps can be created for each use with the SDK and distributed through the AppStore, better even when it has it’s own market, and even better if that market is not in Apple’s control but somewhere on the internet and directly downloadable and installable.
And I think that a mostly full Mac OSX would be the best, with an super-friendly SDK after (half) a year on the market, and preferable not an Apple-controlled AppStore.
All things considered:
iPodPhone OS would be the most reasonable for Apple to use; hugely succesful platform, mega-hit AppStore with a developer community that is much larger and ‘consumerish’ than the Mac OS platform. A new SDK can offer to port Apps from the smaller screens to the larger as well as manually changing the app for all that extra screen-space (and speed?)
SURPRISES ?:
My biggest surprise would be if Apple was to introduce a slide-out keyboard. I cannot imagine that.
A possibility could be a projected keyboard onto a desk surface, but idunno …
Another huge whammie would be a build-in projector, but since this would be a not-so-neccesary-as-standard thus more expensive feature, it could only come in the form of an option, if ever, because the real hard reason to combine a tablet with a projector escapes me as for now.
Pricing: suppose … just suppose, that Apple would really surprise us with a 399 tablet, while lowering the iPohone’s pricing even more. To prevent making the MacBooks obsolete; it will be a plain tablet, so no slide-out keyboards or other hardware frills then.
When the pricing will be like 799, then we can expect a superb tablet with maybe even a wireless slide-out flat keyboard and extractable supports for standing the tablet as a monitor.
PREDICTIONS:
- Since the product-launch has been delayed at least since last year, by now it will be well tested and a very stable product, including the software.
- Tablet will be mayor hit in China, Japan, etc where handwritten character-input is the best way to ‘type’.
- Board gaming with multiple players present in real life will be awesome, and also music, photo, video and paint jam-sessions.
- Class-room application of tablets will rule over laptops because of its versatility and lower visual profile.
- Presuming this will be 10 inch, I guess within a year a larger tablet will be introduced, up to 15 inch. Anything larger will be unpractical and eventually come in foldable or rollable form. A larger rigid device would at least be a clamshell, if ever, cause i think rollout screens and/or projection will eventually take over. And hopefuly nothing to be put onto our eyes or in our brains.
- Apple will definitely present the tablet as a seperate platform, equal to but apart from the Mac and iPodPhone platforms, because then the chance of cannibalism will be least, and stimulates people having more than a single devices to cover the various tasks and activities they do.
I myself see me having an iPhone for calls and shorter, handheld activities. The tablet for anything of substance while being mobile, like surfing and communicating, creating and entertainment. At home I would have an iMac and at work an iMac or a Mac Pro. I know that many people already have such a setup with the tablet now being a laptop.
- Apple has designed the tablet to be the first in a whole family, ranging in size, features and form-factors (rigid, rollable). When the 10″ is a success the rest will be there. Macs and laptops will be provided as long as there’s demand, but Apple will go for the ’screen’ in all its incarnations. A MacBook now is a screen WITH a keyboard and a touchpad. A tablet is a screen, as well as a keyboard and a touchpad. The iPhone is a screen. The screen and touch, motion and voice control will be the interface of the near future. The screen will have all shapes and forms; from stiff to flexible, foldable, rollable, projectable and in glasses. And 3D interfaces will be mainstream in 2012.
- It will be not a computer as we know it; Apple will make this tablet as media-centric as anything anybody has ever seen.
- Apple has delayed it’s birth before. When it does come it will be excellent.
How many people were tortured in development of this?
I’d love a tablet from Apple. But if its a subsidized device and requires me to sign up for a data plan, forget about it.
Does anyone know how would the tablet work, assuming its a cross between a iphone and a macbook.
How would you type of it; it would have to be held so being one handed is not an option due to its rumored 10 inch screen; but if it needs two hands to type on it how do you hold it.
Would it work for commuting anyone commuting on a train or bus would not be able to have it sit on there lap like a laptop so it would require more effort in places where your not using a table of some sort then you have the problem of using it on a table does it lay flap on a table if so being hunched over for large amounts of time would create neck problems or will it have some sort of kickstand.
Don’t see any comments about the possibility of using this with a Verizon-hub type offering. Like it connects to your network and house phone (sell it into a triple-play type package), and you can dock it in the living room to use for quick lookups, play music or videos on the home theater, etc. or detach it to browse on the couch or read blogs on the crapper.
Seems like something that would be well suited to keeping inside the house, but might get unwieldy in the great outdoors.
I hope this will not be running iphone OS. tired of apple using Apple Store to dictate what applications and content a user can run or not. What if I want to run firefox or Chrome? What if I like some of the flash games?
Well… if Apple won’t allow its tablet to do that, then go and get a Crunchpad when it arrives where you’ll soon find it will be “hacked” to run all kinds of things, or just order a Windows/Linux touch-screen netbook from Asus (The T91 or its other new one with a slightly larger screen). There’s also HP’s TX2 Touchsmart multi-touch tablet PC that runs Windows XP/Vista/7/Linux. All of these devices should run flash, Chrome, firefox etc etc etc
While I am bummed that this is (supposedly) a Q1-2010 release versus a Q4-2009 release, this is good news, and as I have stated it’s a real complex undertaking, as this is no mere iPod with a bigger screen.
Most fundamentally, it forces the company to define its “matrix” thinking between hardware form factors and software forking decisions (e.g., iPhone OS, Mac OS, hybrid OS, download anything anywhere, exclusively limit to App Store), not to mention the service layer and developer tool interconects between same, a topic that I blogged about in:
Apple, the ‘Boomer’ Tablet and the Matrix
http://bit.ly/DwziS
Check it out, if interested.
Mark
Apple’s Q1 starts this fall. Just fyi.
How do you carry this 10″ tablet without breaking the screen in first week? If you do not carry it around then why do you need vireless carriers?
yeah, 10″ seems too large. They should make different screen sizes. I want something about the size of the Kindle.
And how do you hold the device where it won’t block the screen?
When is CrunchPad coming out?
Too big to be really portable, without the advantage of a keyboard. For now, I think this form factor is doomed for mass market, as it will be too expensive compared to a laptop.
Where is my crunchpad?
Forget the keyboard issue. That’s a NetBook. Jobs is all about redefining user experiences in a clean, simple, straight forward fashion. This will not be a giant iPhone with a plugin keyboard. If I were to take a wild swing, I’d say it will be aimed directly at the Kindle, taking the modern day text book to a whole new level with interactive video and slideshows. This “new book” will be a rich learning experience that will change the way we interact printed media.
Dibs! it could be the size of an A4 pad and thus fit millions of folders, briefcases etc, quite slim and do away with the keyboard idea, have it recognise handwriting like a much better iteration of the newton.
Keep the regular OS so you can do useful stuff too, like write and spreadsheets too! If it must be tied, make sure that someone can jail break it within the first week so that we can use it in the host of other countries that aren’t us or uk.
I think the media pad will have much more than anyone here can guess at.
Yawn. Another Apple product that is designed to relegate it’s users to being stuck inside Apples crappy ecosystem.
I’m sure the trendy “I hang out at Starbucks just to show off my Apple crap” crowd will love it.
Considering the size, I don’t understand the point of the 3G integration. From an ongoing cost point of view, I’d much rather have it be WiFi only. A device this big is unlikely to be something you’re hauling around all over the place. You could make the same argument about 3G-imbued netbooks, but at least they have a physical keyboard so you can do work on them. This would seem to be more of an infotainment gizmo.
PS – I’m still waiting for the CrunchPad. Looks awesome to me. July is almost gone guys — don’t think we’ve forgotten.
Obviously it would tether off the iPhone automatically and not require anything but Bluetooth.
Who want a D*AMNED crunchpad anyway its to late to way behind get over it. By the time Apple present its Tablet product everything else will feel like a kick in the nuts “No why did I bought that”. Start crying.
I’d want it, because I don’t buy crApple products.
Tablets, net books. They are all worthless for REAL work to date. I’m sorry but if lugging around 5 lbs is too much you have other problems. The frustration felt by these products… I always feel like I should of just popped open my laptop. iPhone and laptop. No others required. Unless this thing comes with an 8″ stylus. That would be useful.
hmm. sure apple’s been on a hot streak. but that’s not to say they won’t make another apple tv… hope they can pull out another game-changer
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This product is definitely targeted at Amazon’s Kindle, with the added benefit of being able to watch movies as well as read books, magazines, and newspapers. The death of paper periodicals is imminent and Steve Jobs sees it coming. The MacTouch or whatever it ends up being called will become to the publishing biz what ipod is to the music biz.
I just don’t get it. A pure tablets screen is never oriented towards the viewer unless it is being held. I can’t see using a product of any kind that would force me to hold it at arms length.
The iPhone’s screen is too small for entertainment, and a tablet is too big to put in your pocket.
If it were a clamshell with a keyboard count me in. I’m no expert however. Just a pc guy dreaming of moving to the more stable Mac platform to get soem mobile work done.
In regards to the Appleinsider’s rendition of the Apple tablet, some comments above were made about it looking terrible & cheesy but have
they forgotten that Apple’s design team are geniuses at simplicity, just look at the iphone
and itouch which has sold millions and counting.
The Apple tablet above though it may not be the
same when it is launched is just a larger version
of the iphone in design, so before you criticize
the Appleinsider’s rendition you need to wake-up
a simply look at Apple’s past products.