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Rumored Apple Tablet Now Rumored to Be Delayed

Written on November 19, 2009 by Charles Jade and 4 people have commented

Ever entertaining—if unreliable—DigiTimes has not one, but two big tablet rumors today. The mythical device (subscription required) has been delayed from early 2010 to the second half of next year, and there will an OLED model. Seriously.
According to anonymous sources inside that the electronics supply chain, Apple changed the launch from March—as opposed to January—to “switch [...]

New Patent Application Suggests Apple Tablet Could Have Pen Input

Written on November 12, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

Apple apparently isn’t exclusively devoted to the idea of finger-based multi-touch input on all its devices, a recent patent applications shows. The patent application, found by Apple Insider, describes the use of a pen-like stylus to operate an “ink information” input system, and references tablet computing applications for the new tech by name.
“Ink information” refers [...]

Rumor Has It: Apple Sharing Tablet Info With Australian Media?

Written on October 27, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and No one has commented

The tablet rumor mill is heating up, which is in keeping with the early 2010 release date that’s been mentioned in earlier reports. The latest news to hit the web is that Apple has been talking to the Australian media about content provision for the fanboi device of legend.
The news comes via Australian paper The [...]

NYT Editor Hints at Upcoming Apple Slate

Written on October 26, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 6 people have commented

The new week begins with a new Tablet-related rumor that’s bouncing its way cheekily around the tubes. This one comes to us courtesy of New York Times executive editor Bill Keller.
According to Nieman Journalism Lab, “…the digital staff gathered for an ‘all hands’ meeting at TheTimesCenter to hear updates on various initiatives in advertising, business [...]

Apple’s Mythical Tablet Perfect for Comic Books

Written on October 23, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 9 people have commented

In his latest article for the Chicago Sun Times, Mac-afficianado and supergeek Andy Ihnatko discusses LongBox, an iTunes-like comic book online store and screen reader. If you’re into graphic novels, you’ll likely want to know more about this service, which promises to bring order and unity to the chaotic digital world of comic books. What [...]

Condé Nast Brings Titles to iPhone, Keeps Eyes On the iTablet

Written on October 21, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 8 people have commented

Newspapers and magazines — the entire news print industry to be honest — have been suffering a long and torturous decline for much of the last decade as more of us turn to the Internet and electronic devices to get (increasingly personalized) news and other content. While publishers have generally been slow to adapt to [...]

e-Textbooks: How Apple Can Dominate the Education Market With the iTablet

Written on October 07, 2009 by Alfredo Padilla and 23 people have commented

Apple tablet rumors are swirling once again, and it looks like we might be able to put our hands on the mythical iTablet sometime early next year. The question that everyone is asking is where the device’s niche will be. Tablets have been around for years, but none of them have been what you would [...]

Rumor Has It: Foxconn Making Tablets for Apple

Written on October 07, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 2 people have commented

Taiwanese news and rumors site DigiTimes is stirring up the Apple tablet pot today with reports that regular Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn will be producing the upcoming device. Shipments of the device are said to be set to begin in the first quarter of 2010, which would be in keeping with earlier rumors that the [...]

From Newton to Bathroom Web Surfing: The History of the Fabled iTablet

Written on October 06, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 10 people have commented

The New York Times added some noise yesterday to the seemingly-unending buzz surrounding Apple’s legendary Tablet device. I say “legendary” in the sense that, despite a complete and total absence of any sort of confirmation from Apple such a device even exists, it has already generated acres of column inches.
The NYT puts it somewhat more [...]

Rumor Has It: Two-Hand Multitouch Destined for Apple Tablet?

Written on October 02, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 1 person has commented

As if the raging fire that is the Apple tablet rumor mill needed any more fuel, AppleInsider recently dug up a patent application from Cupertino for two-handed multitouch interactivity for its devices. The system would be able to distinguish between palms and fingers for full touch typing, gestures and more.
The input system appears to be [...]

Rumor Has It: Apple Tablet Arriving January 19

Written on September 29, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 20 people have commented

The mythical beast that is the Apple tablet is becoming less of an amorphous wonder device, and more of a properly spec’d piece of hardware, at least if you believe iLounge. The site is claiming to know at least 10 definite things about the upcoming device, including its street date.
iLounge’s source is said to be [...]

Apple Rehires Veteran Newton Developer

Written on September 29, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 4 people have commented

In an interesting and exciting development, Apple has rehired Michael Tchao, one of the developers of the original Apple Newton personal digital assistant, the New York Times reports. Tchao left Apple 15 years ago.
Most recently, Tchao has been general manager of Nike’s Techlab, finding innovative ways to get your sneakers talking to your iPod (and [...]

Wacom Updates Bamboo Line With Multi-Touch

Written on September 24, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 9 people have commented

This news isn’t specific to Apple, but it definitely affects Apple users. As a longtime Mac user and amateur digital artist, I’ve also owned many a Wacom tablet over the years. Most recently, I graduated to a Cintiq 12WX, but the Graphire was my primary workhorse for many years. The Bamboo is the successor to [...]

Microsoft’s Grand Tablet Designs (Take Two)

Written on September 23, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 22 people have commented

Poor old Microsoft. You can’t blame them for trying, can you? Back at the start of the decade it gave us its vision for tablet computing in the form of Windows XP Tablet Edition and (via its OEM friends) a series of bulky, underpowered, overly-expensive machines.

Now they’re at it again, according to leaked prototype designs [...]

Rumor Has It: Apple Tablet Still in the Pipeline, Headed to AT&T

Written on September 15, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 16 people have commented

Oh Apple tablet rumors, how I’ve missed you. The interruption of Apple’s Rock and Roll event seemed to take the wind out of your sails, but luckily, it was only temporary. Now, the Taiwan Economic News (via All Things D) is stoking the fires of hope once again with updates on pricing, time frame and [...]

Steve Jobs Talks Touch, Nano, and Maybe Tablet

Written on September 10, 2009 by Charles Jade and 23 people have commented

Steve Jobs return as the face of Apple yesterday was immediately followed by an interview with Tech Guru David Pogue of the New York Times. A lot of the conversation focused on cameras, like why the iPod nano got one and the iPod touch did not.
It turns out Apple had no idea how to market [...]

Why I Need the Tablet

Written on September 02, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 23 people have commented

It’s a bad idea to ask a geek if they “need” some new gadget. Invariably, the answer will be an emphatic “yes!,” followed by all manner of perfectly reasonable explanations as to why. I’m guilty of this behavior. Every self-respecting tech-enthusiast is guilty of it, too. Predictably, I need a Mac tablet. Let me tell [...]

Snow Leopard Features Suggest It’s a Touchscreen OS

Written on September 01, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 8 people have commented

If you’ve got one of Axiotron’s awesome Modbooks, and you’re running Snow Leopard, you may have already stumbled across a few features that make your Mac so much easier to use. It’s unlikely Apple had Axiotron in mind when it included these features, though, so what’s the real story here?
Cult of Mac believes the features [...]

Jobs Focused on the Tablet, Despite ‘Distractions’ at Apple HQ

Written on August 25, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and No one has commented

In an article published today on the Wall Street Journal Online, Yukari Iwatani Kane reports that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is devoting almost all his time to the development of the much-rumored tablet device.
“Since his return in late June, the 54-year-old has been pouring almost all of his attention into a new touch-screen gadget that [...]

Prediction: The Next Apple Events

Written on August 11, 2009 by Charles Jade and 12 people have commented

The question isn’t whether there will be another Apple event in 2009. The release of Snow Leopard and the introduction of new iPods guarantees that. The real question is whether there will be two events.

Not surprisingly, predicting what will happen with Apple has a lot to do with what has already happened. A good way [...]