iPad

[Deckard]

Oops, someone could be in for a beating later from Mr Jobsy
http://www.9to5mac.com/orange_apple_tablet_slip

[RiK]

Oops, someone could be in for a beating later from Mr Jobsy
http://www.9to5mac.com/orange_apple_tablet_slip

Personally I'm not bothered about 3G connectivity as I only really want one for sofa surfing etc. so as long as I have Wifi I'll be fine. Be interesting to see the price with/without carrier support.

[Deckard]

I dont care about the connectivity as I will be using MyWi with it anyway

http://www.rockyourphone.com/index.php/mywi.html

Unless of course it allows me to use my current iPhone 3g plan out of the box

For me it will be comic/book/newspaper reading that will sell it to me

[RiK]

Unless of course it allows me to use my current iPhone 3g plan out of the box

Indeed, but even then I don't want another contract/bolt on for the limited amount of data I'd use. I've got a PAYG dongle for that.

[Deckard]

Oh I definitely wont be paying any more for the tablet connectivity either way. It just needs to come in under 400 quid or so and with a few decent multi touch music control programs too like OSCemote and then it will be a no brain buy for me

[WiteWulf]

It just needs to come in under 400 quid or so...

You're gonna be buying on-contract for that sorta price, I reckon...

[Misfit]

It just needs to come in under 400 quid or so...

You're gonna be buying on-contract for that sorta price, I reckon...

Sadly I think you're right. I'm sure it's going to be a lot more expensive than that, especially if it has 3G connectivity.

I'm going to have to have a word with my (business) partner about it, but hopefully I'll be having one straight away regardless of cost.

[Deckard]

A bit more news but no real surprises except it would be good v4 of the iPhone software sooner rather than later..
http://www.9to5mac.com/K48AP-543543

[WiteWulf]

Damn, I just realised I'm due ~£800 of insurance money for my stolen Macbook sometime soon...must resist buying tablet, need laptop, must not buy 1st gen Apple hardware!!!

[Deckard]

If it comes with a stylus I wont be buying http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/14/app ... -a-stylus/

I hope this is just a red herring.

[Misfit]

If it comes with a stylus I wont be buying http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/14/app ... -a-stylus/

I hope this is just a red herring.

I have to agree, needing a stylus would be a severe step backwards.

Can't see it being likely. We can click small things pretty well on the iPhone's small screen, so a 10inch screen should be no problem...

[Cloudane]

It should definitely not require a stylus, but I won't argue against support for one. I can see tablets being quite useful for drawings, which is a lot more accurate with a proper pointy thing than a big fat finger (ever tried drawing things on the iPhone/Touch?)

[teamonkey]

If it comes with a stylus I wont be buying http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/14/app ... -a-stylus/

I hope this is just a red herring.

I hope not! I'd love a larger itouch that you could also use as a (paper) notebook replacement. Digital moleskine - yes please!

[Deckard]

Great article about the tablet's evolution and how the competition are going to be stuffed by their lackbof infrastructure
http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles ... #12563-1-0

[Deckard]

Its here