Update on January 27, 2010 by
Frank@OBOW
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Jobs has grown a beard.
Watch for a string of followups.
This story suggests some questions to ask when the hype fog lifts:
An Apple tablet will be hampered at the start by “unsatisfying” 3G broadband networks, short battery life, and people’s yen for a flexible device that can be rolled up and stuffed in a pocket, according to Gaines.
“I just don’t think this will be the killer device just yet,” Gaines said of what Apple has in store. “It will certainly point the way. It’s all coming.” - AFP/Breitbart
Frank@OBOW
Jobs has grown a beard.
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Engadget says it the iPad. Groovy.
Frank@OBOW
Whoops, already shaved it.
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“The iPad is optimized for Web browsing, email and multimedia applications, Jobs said, unlike a netbook, which is not optimized for anything in particular.” - Doug Olenick, TWICE
ENGADGET: “It’s a half-inch thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display, and it’s running a custom 1GHz Apple “A4” chip developed by the P.A. Semi team, with a 10-hour battery life and a month of standby. It’ll come in 16, 32, and 64GB sizes, and it’s got the expected connectivity: very little. There’s a 30-pin Dock connector, a speaker, a microphone, Bluetooth, and 802.11n WiFi, as well as an accelerometer and a compass. As expected, it can run iPhone apps — either pixel-for-pixel in a window, or pixel-doubled fullscreen — but developers can also target the new screen size using the updated iPhone OS SDK, which is available today.”
Frank@OBOW
Can’t argue with the battery life. It’s the netbook/reader for Apple geeks. Don’t pass judgement til the book/reader info is out. That may be it’s most important app.
The newly unveiled Apple tablet computing device, the iPad, is being released in two versions; one will have WiFi while the other comes with both WiFi and 3G connectivity. - gadgetrepublic.com
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Engadget hands-on reveals: no camera, no multi-tasking, fast processor. “The ebook implementation is about as close as you can get to reading without a stack of bound paper in your hand. The visual stuff really helps flesh out the experience. It may be just for show, but it counts here.”