RoomKid Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Great, a lot of details are starting to arrive as we get closer to the Apple Event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannes Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 The price will be the biggest factor whether this tablet will sell or not. I am hoping for a $500 - $600 price tag at a maximum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Concerning the popularity of the Tablet............ What will make the WOW of this tablet IMO will be the third-party apps. I think Apple's developing iLife and iWork for their tablet, this is awesome, but just a start. All those extra apps and games on the iPhone is one of the major reasons why the iPhone is so great. It's the same for the Windows platform I think. OS X is by many (don't read any) means superior to Windows, but why is Windows still the king of the kings? Because of all those nice apps and games for it. Remove DirectX from Windows, cut Adobe, cut Office... Windows will fall into ashes and die. Apple, on their side, also have nice apps, but not enough that will drive people towards OS X. Most of the best apps or plug-ins I've seen are third-party, and there's next to no games on the Mac, or they're just ports to the platform. Apple's Tablet, despite its price (if it's under $1000 CAD), will be popular though. They already have cool developers working their lives on iPhone apps, and it will be pretty much the same to them to work on Tablet apps. Same language of programming, so same complications and same degree of difficulty. For all the money they will be able to get, and with this new HD resolution they will now have, I think developers will be really happy to port their apps / invent new apps for the Tablet. Just my 2 cents :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I find it very hard to believe it will have an optical drive. If it were up to Steve I'm sure no Apple portable would have one. 2001: "Some vendors leave optical drives out of their notebooks. We [at Apple] think people need optical drives in their portables, so we build them in." 2008: "You know what? We don't think most users are going to miss having an optical drive." Apple's Tablet, despite its price (if it's under $1000 CAD), will be popular though. They already have cool developers working their lives on iPhone apps, and it will be pretty much the same to them to work on Tablet apps. Same language of programming, so same complications and same degree of difficulty. For all the money they will be able to get, and with this new HD resolution they will now have, I think developers will be really happy to port their apps / invent new apps for the Tablet. So, you already know a product that still doesn't officially exist yet will be popular? Did you also predict that G4 Cube, iPod Hi-Fi and KidSafe to be extremely popular, too? Also, please provide sources that confirm various specs of this device, such as "this new HD resolution they will have now" and how "it will pretty much the same to them to work on Tablet apps." Once again, you're talking about a product that hasn't been proven to really exist yet, and you, nor anyone else, really knows anything about this product, much less whether or not it will appeal to people who are currently on the market looking at a MacBook or MacBook Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted January 24, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 24, 2010 To those saying tablet PCs are a fail, be reminded that this is a tablet Mac, and you never know what will happen with these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 To those saying tablet PCs are a fail, be reminded that this is a tablet Mac, and you never know what will happen with these. If the tablet PC never really took off, I somehow doubt the tablet Mac will, either. The MacBook Air was essentially the Apple version of the "sub-notebook," which has more or less been replaced by the netbook. Sub-notebooks were always a niche product in the first place, the Air didn't exactly help to change that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) So, you already know a product that still doesn't officially exist yet will be popular? Did you also predict that G4 Cube, iPod Hi-Fi and KidSafe to be extremely popular, too? Also, please provide sources that confirm various specs of this device, such as "this new HD resolution they will have now" and how "it will pretty much the same to them to work on Tablet apps." Once again, you're talking about a product that hasn't been proven to really exist yet, and you, nor anyone else, really knows anything about this product, much less whether or not it will appeal to people who are currently on the market looking at a MacBook or MacBook Pro. Well they're taking the good concepts of the iPod Touch and iPhone and they're making a tablet with it, that should be under $1000. People are looking forward to a tablet by Apple since at least 3 good years. Plus it's been thought by Steve Jobs. Right now even if the product is not on the market, given the clues that we have, I'm inclined to think that the product will be a success. As for the resolution, do you really think they will be using a 480 x 320? For a 10-inch tablet, I don't see this idea conceivable. They WILL have to boost the resolution to at least 720x480 or if we're lucking and they change the ratio from 1.5 to 16:9, it'll obviously use an HD resolution, may it be 480p, it's still one of the HD resolutions in this world. But I'd think something around 720p would make more sense, because the ppi ratio on the iPhone is 163, I believe they will want a good ppi ratio on this device too. I didn't calculate it, but I guess 720p gives something good about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Fox News is right, they are pretty much accurate in their predictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted January 25, 2010 Author Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2010 Well they're taking the good concepts of the iPod Touch and iPhone and they're making a tablet with it, that should be under $1000. People are looking forward to a tablet by Apple since at least 3 good years. Plus it's been thought by Steve Jobs. Right now even if the product is not on the market, given the clues that we have, I'm inclined to think that the product will be a success. As for the resolution, do you really think they will be using a 480 x 320? For a 10-inch tablet, I don't see this idea conceivable. They WILL have to boost the resolution to at least 720x480 or if we're lucking and they change the ratio from 1.5 to 16:9, it'll obviously use an HD resolution, may it be 480p, it's still one of the HD resolutions in this world. But I'd think something around 720p would make more sense, because the ppi ratio on the iPhone is 163, I believe they will want a good ppi ratio on this device too. I didn't calculate it, but I guess 720p gives something good about that. 480p HD? Might want to look up the HD spec there, HD starts at 720p, 480p is SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Meh, I've always thought DVDs were considered as high definition, I'm not the only one to say this. I guess you're right, DVDs are small definition. Anyways my bet was for 720p if it's a 16:9 aspect ratio. 480p is obsolete in my world, especially if Apple wants to drive their movie locations on the iTunes store for the tablet... We'll see what happens after tomorrow after all. We're not so far from this event anymore. I'm just not sure how they will deal with these resolution changes and developers. While we're there, the next iPhone might get a higher resolution (a lot of smart phones use higher resolutions than the iPhone, so Apple will have to follow them someday I guess), but the apps right now, would they be incompatible, or would the iPhone just switch resolutions and display the apps as the are right now on the iPhone 3GS, just like a PC often downgrades its resolution to play resources demanding games? It doesn't look like a huge issue like this, but I guess it's more problematic than we think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted January 25, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2010 2001: "Some vendors leave optical drives out of their notebooks. We [at Apple] think people need optical drives in their portables, so we build them in." 2008: "You know what? We don't think most users are going to miss having an optical drive." Whoa, in 7 years computing habits changed slightly! It can't be true, Apple must be backtracking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Whoa, in 7 years computing habits changed slightly! It can't be true, Apple must be backtracking! I'm aware computing habits change, it's just funny seeing contradictory statements from the same people over the years. Like how back in 2001, Jobs talked about how "they researched everything" before deciding to make the PowerBook G4 out of titanium, and then two years later, they talk about how "aluminum is the best material in the world" for building notebooks, when they originally said that about titanium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted January 25, 2010 Global Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2010 It will support OS X? I am a little confused that they asked developers to support a larger resolution - aka, for the iTablet. Unless it has a dual OS.. i think Fox News is full of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkanius Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I'm really curious about the tablet right now. I can't remember all this speculation around the iPhone. And it was a huge hit. Will Apple revive Tablets? Everyone said Touchscreen phones sucked and Apple had to show the industry how to do them right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp0 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 It would be so funny if there was no Apple tablet, and there new device was a cassette player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted January 26, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 26, 2010 I'm aware computing habits change, it's just funny seeing contradictory statements from the same people over the years. Like how back in 2001, Jobs talked about how "they researched everything" before deciding to make the PowerBook G4 out of titanium, and then two years later, they talk about how "aluminum is the best material in the world" for building notebooks, when they originally said that about titanium. True, but that's something that doesn't change much (aluminium and titanium have been around for a while). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocongirl Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I'm aware computing habits change, it's just funny seeing contradictory statements from the same people over the years. Like how back in 2001, Jobs talked about how "they researched everything" before deciding to make the PowerBook G4 out of titanium, and then two years later, they talk about how "aluminum is the best material in the world" for building notebooks, when they originally said that about titanium. I don't get it, if you hate Apple so much why do you bother to use their products? I have noticed that pretty well 100% of your input on the Apple boards is negative. Seems like a waste of time, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I don't get it, if you hate Apple so much why do you bother to use their products? I have noticed that pretty well 100% of your input on the Apple boards is negative. Seems like a waste of time, no? I don't "hate" Apple at all. I have an iMac, a MacBook and many other Apple products. I just find their corporate culture to be hypocritical at times. I don't worship all things Apple and Steve Jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifts Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Thinking on this for a while now, seems the apple tablet has really got to come in about the 400 - 500 UKP mark to really have an impact if its going to get that sort of exposure. its a guesswork figure when you take into account that an iphone and most decent mobile phones now really cost about the same, if not more than a netbook. The very interesting thing will be the use for it. When apple said about the iphone there was a lot of concern about what would you really do on a phone, email yes, mp3 yes, video yes and I honestly think that apple helped revolutionise the phone market. Look at nokia on their ranges, lagging sadly behind after the wonder year of the N95. So far ive not seen many phones that really match the speed of the 3gs (3g seems a touch laggy now after usage) And thats where the whole tablet will lie, usage. What will it really offer that we cant do on a phone or netbook. One of teh best things i love about the iphone is that i can always have it with me (or indeed any phone) and at a moment I can do what I want to do easily. I don't have to carry a rucksack, take out a netbook, wait for boot up etc etc etc. Its hard not to think of it writing this as something other than a glorified email device, something that can be used to read book, listen to music, watch movies in bed and become something like the 02 joggler. Still its only 24 hours to go till Steve lets us all know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifts Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) **edited due to double post** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Lol Foxnews should not be considered a source just like you cannot use Wikipedia as a source for a paper in university! Ohhh yes you can ;-) Hell, my teachers take their stuff on Wikipedia, word for word. As for Foxnews, since the US elections in 2000, I don't like them anymore. I had no opinion before, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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