If you ‘ve spent any time at all on the web over the last week, you know that the rumors about Apple announcing and launching a tablet / slate style device in the next few months are not just heating up, but are well and truly on fire. Here are just a few of the ones that have caught my eye in recent days as they have been building strength:
Apple Tablet interface said to surprise and ‘please Steve Jobs
Apple special event scheduled for January 26, 2010
Apple developers told to prepare ‘full screen ‘ apps for January demo
Apple trademark and domain registrations for ‘iSlate ‘
Apple orders 10-inch tablet displays
If I was a betting man, I think I ‘d be betting on the core of these coming true soon “ i.e. that we will see a device of this kind from Apple during the first half of next year.
Another thing that I ‘d happily bet on is that if this new device comes out, it will be another game changer. The iPhone has been a game changing device for the cellphone arena. The new tablet device could be one that changes the game across several important categories.
I agree with lots of what MG Siegler has got to say in this excellent post at TechCrunch:
Here are just a few snippets from Siegler ‘s post:
On why a tablet from Apple has a great chance of not just succeeding, but redefining the spaces it will compete in:
Conventional wisdom suggests that Apple will not be able to succeed where so many others have failed. But Apple makes billions defying conventional wisdom.
The truth is that most of us don ‘t understand the allure of a tablet computer because they ‘ve all sucked up until now. It ‘s the exact same reason that I didn ‘t understand the iPhone at first. My cellphones leading up to the iPhone ranged from ‘okay ‘ to ‘junk. ‘ The idea of getting one with such a high price tag was insanity to me. But within seconds of using the iPhone, I was able to tell that Apple had made something completely different. It wasn ‘t a cellphone as I had known them. It redefined the category. And while there are no sure things in the tech world, I would bet that Apple ‘s tablet will do the same.
And how they ‘ve already paved the way for the new device:
And the truth is that Apple has already proven the concept. The iPhone is a tablet computer, just smaller. Recently, a former Apple employee was quoted in the New York Times as saying that much of the early work on the tablet exists today in the iPhone. The iPhone is the computer I use the most now day in and day out.
I ‘ve always thought of the iPhone as a mobile computer first and foremost, so that last sentence rings especially true. Siegler concludes his post by saying:
If it succeeds, it will likely redefine the role of computing in our lives just as the iPhone has. That ‘s exciting
It sure is exciting. I am very psyched to see what Apple has in store for us next month and next year. If we see both a new tablet and a new iPhone model it ‘s going to be one hell of an exciting year indeed.
What do you all think? Will we see an Apple tablet next year? If so, do you want one? And will it be another game changer in the Apple stable?
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