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Apple's big announcement tomorrow
It's gonna be a 10" iTablet. Touchscreen. That's my take. I haven't seen it yet but I want one. If they simply unveil a new iPhone, I'll be bummed.
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01-26-2010, 09:21 AM
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Not exactly a "big announcement."
...it's not as if tablets are something new. Let me know if they allow cut & paste. 
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01-26-2010, 09:29 AM
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I'm not making any predictions on what AAPL shows. They often surprise.
But, just a quick thought on "tablets". Yes, there have been PC tablets for several years. I've owned two, a Compaq and an IBM. They required stylus input when in tablet mode, so the on-screen KB was barely usable (peck peck peck), you had to use handwriting recognition which didn't work great, and gesture commands were hard to remember (let's see, is that "up then left" - hey, why did my document just get deleted?). A touchscreen interface like the iPhone would make tablets much more usable.
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01-26-2010, 09:54 AM
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Yep. Touchscreen tablet, with "legal" iPhone tethering.
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01-26-2010, 09:58 AM
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01-26-2010, 10:00 AM
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Cell phones were not new before iPhones. Downloadable music was not new before iTunes store. Retail computer stores were not new before Apple Stores. Animated movies were not new before Pixar. Hate Apple/Jobs all you want. The fact remains that they set a higher bar and even if you never buy a single one of their products you are still benefiting from that benchmark. Or do you still pine for the days of beige computers?
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01-26-2010, 10:03 AM
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Iphones not exclusive to AT&T service would be a real nice thing to announce!
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01-26-2010, 10:05 AM
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With crappy ear buds... great.
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01-26-2010, 10:20 AM
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Hey those earbuds are awesome... They shock you to let you know you are getting sweaty when you run... Wait... Thats bad....
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01-26-2010, 10:24 AM
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01-26-2010, 10:26 AM
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@ JYL As far as tablets go, I believe they are great devices. I've had a few over the years. My (old) Samsung Q1U needs no stylus, it has an LED backlit display, and does an excellent job of handwriting recognition (thanks Microsoft ---just to piss-off the true haters here). Oh, I do also have an Apple blutooth keyboard for it as well. But, as nice as that keyboard is, I just don't use it much. I'm traveling right now, so this post is from my useful little Q1U tablet. (no keyboard)
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01-26-2010, 10:26 AM
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01-26-2010, 10:32 AM
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01-26-2010, 10:36 AM
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How you guys get excited over this stuff is beyond me... just because Apple puts it out does not make it special.
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01-26-2010, 10:49 AM
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I'd rather spend an hour alone with an Apple iTablet than a mail-order Russian chick.
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01-26-2010, 11:51 AM
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01-26-2010, 11:58 AM
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less chance of killer viruses. i've worked on wacom cintiq tablets a few times. when apple gets to that level i'll be interested.
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01-26-2010, 12:33 PM
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I had a Compaq touchscreen tablet in 1995.
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