WSJ: Tablet confirmed, Apple to reinvent old media

WOW, just WOW. So far off the mark. Only $499 and we still do not know how much this baby can do. April should be an interesting month. :-)

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$1,000? I own a MacBook Pro, an iMac, an AppleTV, an iPhone, a few iPods, a Mac Mini, and, a LED Cinema display, yet I'm not sure that I could justify $1,000 (the same price for a MacBook) for a glorified iPod Touch. Now, if I could take notes in a manner similar in concept to the LiveScribe pen system, well, that'd be a different story, especially if we're talking about an all day battery life situation.

A multi-purpose device that's mainly geared towards media consumption (for all intents and purposes, Apple is a media distribution corporation now), but that also runs sophisticated, desktop quality apps would transform the device into something nearly awesome, and maybe worth $1,000.

Actually, a thought that had been rolling around in my head for a few months is maybe Apple monitors these rumors and uses them to determine what to make next. Especially since rumors about apple products are high profile and users create Photoshopped mockups which then we readers say yay or nay about. Its ingenious.

Bleh. I hope it's not $1000 bucks. That's waaaay too steep for my tastes.

Is it just me or are the colours on the ad intriguing?

Why is the orange so prominent and evenly round? Has Apple used teaser clues in their announcements before? I honestly can't remember. All I do remember is all the hype and everyone talking about what they think the [whatever new hardware] is going to look like.

For the record, I won't be surprised if the mythical tablet isn't revealed next week. Disappointed, but not surprised.

Here's hoping anyway!

I'm sorry, but for $1,000, I'll stick to a Macbook if all this thing is going to be is a giant iPhone with a few more bells and whistles. I don't care how good the features are. If this thing is being marketed as being between the iPhone/iPod Touch and a Macbook, then it needs to be priced accordingly. Otherwise, I don't have a need for it. If I really want ultraportable, my $279 netbook works just fine. If I want portable, my laptop works just fine. For me, a tablet would be within the eBook/netbook range so purchasing this would a replacement for my netbook and would prevent me from purchasing a Nook or Kindle since it can have that functionality. Nothing that I have read so far suggests to me that this thing is a laptop replacement so, because of that, I'm not forking $1,000 on this.

But, all of this is rumor. I'll wait until Wednesday and see what Mr. Jobs brings to us.

For $1000, it better be a fucking multitouch coffee table.

"Price is expected to be around $1000, and they'll be selling it to people who already have iPhones and laptops as well."

Really??? if apple can convince me to carry around 3 devices because my current macbook air and iphone cannot already do everything i need on the go, then either Im a moron, or Apple is a genius..

Regardless of what this device does, if you cant do it on an existing piece of hardware, then this thing better do everything that existing hardware can.

only time will tell.

I still think the paint splatter is a release of a new ilife app: Macpaint 2010

Its odd but the more I read about this device the more I wonder if apple inc haven't got us all running in one direction - ready to 'wow' us with another.

For a start, some of the bigger announcements were never really 'showcased' - they just appeared in the store (after that good old apple tease of a yellow sticky! - to make sure 'Everyone' is watching) and those they do invite the press to always send ambiguous (to the point of cryptic at times) clue in said invite (showtime = apple tv, 1000 songs.. here we go again - 1st nano)

and here we have an invite with two things that strike me as - why
the paint splodgies (tech term) and the word 'creation'. Mix that in with their love of sometimes retro references and something odd jumps out.

Painter Man by the Creation. If you check out the lyrics to this song, well it nicely ties in a lot of themes we have been hearing recently in the rumorshpere.

The biggest thing I cant get to click (probably because I'm on the wrong track) is whats the relevance.

- well this post made a nice change to the 8inch no 10inch, Verizon no ATandT debate anyway :)

I've seen a lot of people say that the Apple Tablet could be used as an e-textbook. The only problem I've seen with that is that it will undoubtedly have WiFi as well.

So say you're taking a class where you're allowed to have an open book test... what do you do in that situation? Most likely the professor won't let you use an internet enabled device on an exam, and I'm not about to pay for two different textbooks.