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Leaked tablet pics. Look pretty real

13 points by sama 17y ago

ramchip 17y ago
Just 13 hours to go -- we'll find out if any of this is the real deal soon enough. That's a problem I have with speculation like that. Why spend time spreading/checking out rumors on something that's literally going to be announced tomorrow?..
- hallmark 17y ago
  Because it's so much damn fun!! ;)
  - lunaru 17y ago
    Call me a gullible consumer, but part of the fun of waiting for an Apple product is anticipating Steve Jobs' awesome sales pitch. I can walk in without giving a damn and walk out feeling like I need to preorder TODAY. Time to bet on the over/under for "incredible": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx7v815bYUw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx7v815bYUw
  - frossie 17y ago
    Fun? By now it will be an anti-climax. I am praying to all the prankster Gods that Steve Jobs walks on stage tomorrow and announces something totally non-tablety - like, the iFridge (keeps track of whether you need milk! shows you videos while you cook! manage your recipes! your kids can email their artwork to it straight from their iPod Touch!). Man, in fact I wish he'd just do it as a joke, just co I can see the blogosphere wet its pants.
- xtho 17y ago
  I guess they call it marketing. Just imagine they would release a product nobody cares about.
aresant 17y ago
Great set-up - sticky so incriminating they must be blocked out, a black cover pulled back, white apple connector cables everywhere . . .
ardit33 17y ago
A big iPod. I still don't know why all the hoopla about it. 1. It is not portable enough 2. It probably is not powerful enough to replace your laptop Useful for the few people that have money to spare, but not sure will be useful to all people. Now, if you can dock it to a computer setup, it will be a great grandma/granpa computer, but still, I don't see this selling 10s of millions in a year.
- jstevens85 17y ago
  "I still don't know why all the hoopla about it." The media hype is based on Apple's track record for releasing innovative desirable products. Neither the iPod (a hard drive based MP3 player) or the iPhone (a smart phone) sounded particularly interesting in the lead up to their release. I can't see how a tablet could be useful, but Jobs has always lived up to the media hype.
- greyman 17y ago
  I don't own any Apple product, but I would like to have something like this, especially for ebook reading, and then web surfing/checking emails. I have been using netbook for that, which is quite OK, but something more practical without the keyboard and with touch screen could be better for media consumptions. Simply, I am waiting for something like an iPhone with at least 8" screen, and Apple Tablet seems to be such a device. But I will wait for the Microsoft offer first.
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maurycy 17y ago
Interesting thing about Apple Tablet is that, at least among my friends, it raised a debate about the perfect portable machine. There's so much speculation that if you filter out some simple facts, you basically get one's picture of the machine one imagines.
mikeyur 17y ago
I have a couple friends with friends at Apple. Stuff I've heard from people on the inside: - 3 product verions/3 & 4 figure price points (people working on apple.com) - March ship date - Carrier-tied (AT&T), US launch only for now I was really excited for it, but if it is a carrier-tied device then I may pass on it. Who knows though, this could all be BS - there's so much secrecy within Apple, I'm surprised more hasn't leaked yet.
- mlinsey 17y ago
  An unlocked, unsubsidized version of the device would make sense. A $200 subsidy would be a much smaller fraction of this device's price than the iPhone's. I'd be very reluctant to sign up for another monthly data plan for this device, and I think wifi would be sufficient, especially if you have your smartphone set up to support tethering. I'd gladly pay more for greater data usage on a single plan that I could share across all my devices, as opposed to paying for a separate unlimited data plan for each device.
rms 17y ago
I'm more excited about the iPhone on Verizon rumor. Hope I don't have to wait until June.
dkokelley 17y ago
I wonder what unique part of the tablet can be used to identify the source. I've heard that Apple sometimes provides altered information to track leaks.
- natfriedman 17y ago
  Perhaps the spacing of the bolts.
- ComputerGuru 17y ago
  The map in the background? (not sure if I'm joking or not...)

13 points by sama 17y ago

Just 13 hours to go -- we'll find out if any of this is the real deal soon enough. That's a problem I have with speculation like that. Why spend time spreading/checking out rumors on something that's literally going to be announced tomorrow?..

hallmark 17y ago
Because it's so much damn fun!! ;)
- lunaru 17y ago
  Call me a gullible consumer, but part of the fun of waiting for an Apple product is anticipating Steve Jobs' awesome sales pitch. I can walk in without giving a damn and walk out feeling like I need to preorder TODAY. Time to bet on the over/under for "incredible": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx7v815bYUw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx7v815bYUw
- frossie 17y ago
  Fun? By now it will be an anti-climax. I am praying to all the prankster Gods that Steve Jobs walks on stage tomorrow and announces something totally non-tablety - like, the iFridge (keeps track of whether you need milk! shows you videos while you cook! manage your recipes! your kids can email their artwork to it straight from their iPod Touch!). Man, in fact I wish he'd just do it as a joke, just co I can see the blogosphere wet its pants.
xtho 17y ago
I guess they call it marketing. Just imagine they would release a product nobody cares about.

aresant 17y ago

Great set-up - sticky so incriminating they must be blocked out, a black cover pulled back, white apple connector cables everywhere . . .

ardit33 17y ago

A big iPod. I still don't know why all the hoopla about it. 1. It is not portable enough 2. It probably is not powerful enough to replace your laptop Useful for the few people that have money to spare, but not sure will be useful to all people. Now, if you can dock it to a computer setup, it will be a great grandma/granpa computer, but still, I don't see this selling 10s of millions in a year.

jstevens85 17y ago
"I still don't know why all the hoopla about it." The media hype is based on Apple's track record for releasing innovative desirable products. Neither the iPod (a hard drive based MP3 player) or the iPhone (a smart phone) sounded particularly interesting in the lead up to their release. I can't see how a tablet could be useful, but Jobs has always lived up to the media hype.
greyman 17y ago
I don't own any Apple product, but I would like to have something like this, especially for ebook reading, and then web surfing/checking emails. I have been using netbook for that, which is quite OK, but something more practical without the keyboard and with touch screen could be better for media consumptions. Simply, I am waiting for something like an iPhone with at least 8" screen, and Apple Tablet seems to be such a device. But I will wait for the Microsoft offer first.

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maurycy 17y ago

Interesting thing about Apple Tablet is that, at least among my friends, it raised a debate about the perfect portable machine. There's so much speculation that if you filter out some simple facts, you basically get one's picture of the machine one imagines.

mikeyur 17y ago

I have a couple friends with friends at Apple. Stuff I've heard from people on the inside: - 3 product verions/3 & 4 figure price points (people working on apple.com) - March ship date - Carrier-tied (AT&T), US launch only for now I was really excited for it, but if it is a carrier-tied device then I may pass on it. Who knows though, this could all be BS - there's so much secrecy within Apple, I'm surprised more hasn't leaked yet.

mlinsey 17y ago
An unlocked, unsubsidized version of the device would make sense. A $200 subsidy would be a much smaller fraction of this device's price than the iPhone's. I'd be very reluctant to sign up for another monthly data plan for this device, and I think wifi would be sufficient, especially if you have your smartphone set up to support tethering. I'd gladly pay more for greater data usage on a single plan that I could share across all my devices, as opposed to paying for a separate unlimited data plan for each device.

rms 17y ago

I'm more excited about the iPhone on Verizon rumor. Hope I don't have to wait until June.

dkokelley 17y ago

I wonder what unique part of the tablet can be used to identify the source. I've heard that Apple sometimes provides altered information to track leaks.

natfriedman 17y ago
Perhaps the spacing of the bolts.
ComputerGuru 17y ago
The map in the background? (not sure if I'm joking or not...)