iPad

[Deckard]

A month from launch and hacked I reckon too as there will some real prestige for the first cracker especially after GeoHot's "success" with the PS3

[WiteWulf]

As it's (almost certainly going to be) running iPhoneOS (or OSX Mobile or whatever they call it these days) it's halfway hacked already, really.

[benedictw]

This popped up.


Probably fake, but if it isn't its damn good imitation of apples style. Not convinced by the screen appearance though.

[Deckard]

If it is anything like this (from Gizmodo)
[youtube]eIPjJElVx0U&feature[/youtube]

And now fully confirmed

In an interview with CNBC, McGraw-Hill's CEO confirms that their textbooks will be on the Apple Tablet and it will be an iPhone OS based machine. When asked about their textbooks being on the Apple tablet, Terry MrGraw responds (2m 50s):
Quote:
"Yeah, Very exciting. Yes, they'll make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while. And the Tablet will be based on the iPhone OS and so it will be transferable. So what you are going to be able to do now is we have a consortium of e-books. We have 95% of our materials in e-book format. So now with the tablet you're going to open up the higher education market, the professional market. The tablet is just going to be terrific."

From MacRumours

[Ollie]

That Gizmodo one looks more style than usability, tbh.

[Loada]

Is it out yet? ... and repeat....

[Cloudane]

Seems to be 2 major camps, those who want it to be OS X and those who want it to be iPhone. Not sure which I'm in, but if they do it right, probably the latter - the full OS X would be interesting, but I think I'd rather have battery life if the processors to run it are too hungry. As long as they put a bit more effort into it than it just being a big iPhone/Touch (get a magnifying glass?), it could be revolutionary again.

[RiK]

Seems to be 2 major camps, those who want it to be OS X and those who want it to be iPhone. Not sure which I'm in, but if they do it right, probably the latter - the full OS X would be interesting, but I think I'd rather have battery life if the processors to run it are too hungry. As long as they put a bit more effort into it than it just being a big iPhone/Touch (get a magnifying glass?), it could be revolutionary again.

I'm quite happy for it to be an iPhone variant in the OS providing there is at least some kind of sensible access to the file system without relying in third-party apps all the time.

It's great being able to edit office docs etc. on my phone but it's a pain to have to run a specific app (Docs2Go, Files etc.) for each one to sync them to the Mac.

[Barney]

Colour me intrigued.

I'm no mac-wanker, I've always been PC/Windows rather than PPC/x86Mac. What does interest me is the form factor - this would be awesome for magazine scans (as someone said previously, Zap64 - though I'd be all over the Crash! and YS scans) and for ebooks. I love me some e-books, and have a huge collection.

As for the OS, I think they'll take the OS that's easiest to get onto the SOC. Have any tech details been leaked yet? I'd imagine we'll get a stripped OSX if they go the intel/atom route, and iPhone if they use the OMAP from the 3GS. There are newer SOCs from TI coming "soon" which will make the 3GS look like a slug on vallium but they're not going to be ready for companies to include with their tech for some time yet - maybe 2012.

Of course, if it's Atom they go for then XP will sit on it just nicely

[Misfit]

Of course, if it's Atom they go for then XP will sit on it just nicely

As a PC lover, XP is the last thing I want on it. It just doesn't work well enough for tablet use.

If they put a computer OS on it, it's just going to be a Tablet Mac or Tablet PC and they just haven't worked in the past, so no reason to think they will work now.

[HGFB]

http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2010/01/26 ... iphone-os/

“Yeah, Very exciting. Yes, they’ll make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while. And the Tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system and so it will be transferable. So what you are going to be able to do now — we have a consortium of e-books. And we have 95% of all our materials that are in e-book format on that one. So now with the tablet you’re going to open up the higher education market, the professional market. The tablet is going to be just really terrific.”

and

http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2010/01/26 ... th-launch/

[Xstreme]

I want one already - I'm just not sure where it would 'fit in'.

I've my ipod that I can throw in my pocket and access my emails etc almost all around the city with my internet provider. If I need anything larger, client meetings etc I throw the Macbook into the bag.

Still I'll end up getting one

[Cloudane]

This looks very likely



http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/27/las ... le-tablet/

[HGFB]

[HGFB]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/wsj- ... dcover-be/

Here's a little price snippet on Apple's e-book plans, care of an eleventh hour Wall Street Journal piece. According to the article, the gang in Cupertino is asking book publishers (HarperCollins was specifically cited) to set the price point for digital versions of hardcover bestsellers at either $12.99 or $14.00, "with fewer titles offered at $9.99." The publisher apparently has the option to set its own price, but at any rate, Apple's taking the usual 30% cut from each sale -- a $14.99 novel would thus leave about $10.49 for the publisher.