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The "We might as well discuss the Apple Tablet, too" thread
Michael H
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The entire rest of the internets won't shut up about it, so here's a thread to discuss the (supposedly) upcoming Apple tablet.
What's it going to be like? All we have are mockups at this point.
How much will it cost? The latest rumor seems to be between $700 and $800.
Are you excited about them? Martin from gHacks apparently is.
I figure that if they can somehow get touch-screen qwerty keyboard typing to work well that it will be a hit.
What's it going to be like? All we have are mockups at this point.
How much will it cost? The latest rumor seems to be between $700 and $800.
Are you excited about them? Martin from gHacks apparently is.
I figure that if they can somehow get touch-screen qwerty keyboard typing to work well that it will be a hit.
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You used to see 'em all the time between like '02 and '06 but all of a sudden they just dried up.
Edit: Meaning tablet computers, not wacom tablets and the like.
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If anything it will kill the Modbook market, or what there was of it. I was looking into it and they want either for you to give them your macbook and pay them $1,200 to turn it into a modbook, or pay around $2,500 for a modbook. or for a modbook pro they want you to give them your MBP and around $2,200 for them to turn it into a Modbook Pro, or pay around $5,000 for one.
I have heard people tell me on more than one occasion that their iphone "changed their life". Probably a bit of an overstatement, but if you put the same feature set and more into something that's still relatively portable you've got the recipe for a successful "I can't leave home without my iPad" scenario.
Since we're going on pure speculation, I'm imagining they will give it full phone functionality via bluetooth headset, perhaps even "sharing" the phone/data plan with the iphone. At the very least you could get some cool voip stuff going on with a headset.
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Smartphones are nice because they can fit in your pocket. This thing is as big as a laptop, but it's running a smartphone OS and has no keyboard. Sounds awesome. Maybe if it had pen support so I could scrawl down formulas and stuff quickly.
AT&T hasn't even got iPhone tethering worked out yet, I look forward to the $60/month tablet add-on.
The iPhone has the advantage of being able to fit into your pocket.
Unless this thing ships for under 500, then I don't see the point.
Except to steal money from Apple zombies.
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
1) Likely no stylus support:
The first thing I'd want to do with this thing is use it for art. Boot up Photoshop, turn off as many toolboxes as possible, and go nuts. If they use the same screen tech as the iPhone/iPod Touch this isn't looking very likely.
2) No clamshell:
Laptop screens are already easy enough to break as it is. If this thing is 10"-13" with nothing protecting the screen I see it breaking extremely easily. I'm already paranoid enough about my iPod Touch and PSP as it is. (While we're on this topic: Scratches: Jesus Christ putting a screen protector on this thing is going to be painful. It's already hard enough on the PSP or iPod)
3) No built-in keyboard:
Who the fuck is going to carry around a keyboard for this thing if it doesn't include one? If I'm in Starbucks or at a park or wherever and I want to jot down a few quick notes or write a letter, or fuck, browse the forums here, typing on a touch-screen keyboard is going to be painful. It's fine for the iPhone because it's a goddamn phone. You type quickie little texts and e-mails, usually not going over 40 characters.
There's a few more but those are the few that jump to mind right away.
But, as usual, Apple surprises me. So I'm not counting this thing out yet.
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Of course, remembering that Apple is the company that debut the MacBook Air for $1700, I'm sure this won't be the case.
It's possible to make a stylus that works with the iPhone/iTouch capacitance screen (third-party ones exist), the main question is if Apple would embrace it or if you'd be stuck with aftermarket solutions. If they've done some work in handwriting recognition, it wouldn't surprise me if Apple throws in their own stylus that's designed to be optional (with some clever on-device storage mechanism) for inputting text and GD work.
Then again, if that's the case we're veering dangerously close to Newton 2.0.