Secret source gives iLounge some Apple tablet rumor love

If it does surface, I will rip out every trace of audio components in my car and mount one front and centre. Can you imagine how much better it would be to have a ten inch flat panel computer running OSX (any flavour) in your car for GPS, Internet, iTunes etc than many of the nav systems out there today?

I'm giddy at the thought.

I'm not sure why there is such negativity with respect to iPhone OS. Consider the following:

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Mac OS/X apps are not written for Touch. That should be the end of the discussion.
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Using iPhone OS does not imply the same old apps that are on iPhone. Ideally iPhone apps would be compatible in some manner, but by definition this is a larger device and thus will have capabilities beyound iPhone.
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App store is a fantastic way to distribute apps and keep your self up to date. In some ways app installer leaves you with the functionality of a Linux package manager withou all the negatives. There is nothing better than being able to update your machine no matter where you are. The one shopping stop makes for great convience.
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To be truly useful the tablet will need apps written for it. Being iPhone compatible just means there are useful apps for the device right at the time it is released. Quality Touch apps will take awhile to fully exploit the new features so starting off with iPhone apps is a good idea.
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IPhone apps imply ARM processor. This is a good thing. It means long runtimes and lots performance. Given stacked chips this makes for a thin high performancen device with

I believe all these comments are true. I remembered when iLounge was talking about both the Nano 5G and the 3GS and was on point. I jus hope the "iPad" (what an ugly name, iTablet WAY better) will be more like a 13 inch rather than a 10.5in. But then again, ppl will prob not buy the MacBook 13" if that was the case.

Sorry about that previous post, my 1Password + Firefox does an automatic return with an old post reply.

What I meant to say was: what if the iTablet had the performance specs of a Mac-mini with touch screen and a few I/O pots, would that interest users?

Doesn't Apple's fiscal year end in September? If so, wouldn't having all those Amazon.com pre-orders filled be better for Apple's bottom line?

I really don't see how a tablet fits into todays market, even with the App store.

its not that easy to use one, even if it was just a larger iphone. bigger means harder to hold with ne hand and type on.

I dunno, Apples created markets where crap existed before, but I just dont see the point, nor why everyone thinks they'd buy a tablet.

If it ships as described above, I'm on board with Microsoft's "Courier" project. I love my iPhone, but I don't need or want all the same apps I have now, only on a bigger screen.

Does anybody wonder what this would do to AT&T's Data network? From everything I have read, they can't keep up with the iPhones' data. If that's true, how can they add another device like this on 3G and expect to keep up?

This device really, really needs to run OS X proper, rather than an upscaled version of the iPhone OS. Otherwise, what's the point? I already have an iPhone, whose small form factor lends it to the more wideget-esque applications you can get for it now.

If people are going to seriously consider spending ~£500 on something which is semi-portable, it had better encapsualte the desktop Mac experience in a way which makes it more productive and useful than the iPhone.

A key point for me is whether this will be yet another device that needs to sync with iTunes. If I have to sit around interminably updating firmware, transferring huge applications back and forth...a process that already annoys the hell out of me on my iPhone - then no sale, brother. No sale.