Posts Tagged "tablet"

Join the Apple Tablet Fun- Prediction Score Card

Posted by Editor on Jan 26, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

Apple’s big product unveiling is tomorrow, January 27th starting at 10pm PST. After that, history will be divided into BT- before tablet and AT- after tablet. To join in on the fun, download this Prediction Scorecard, brought to us by Unweary’s David Weiss and Daring Fireball:

For even more mobile fun, try the Prediction App [App Store $2.99] for iPhone.

5 Reasons Why The Apple Tablet Will Fail

Posted by Editor on Jan 25, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

Readers of this blog will note that Tasty Slate is unabashedly fanboyish when it comes to all things Apple and tablet related. That said, not everyone has their spinning propeller hat ready to roll just yet. So, let’s look at the other side of the coin for a moment and please feel free to add your own thoughts in the comments for pro/con or other reasons we should add. Here are five reasons why the Apple Tablet Will Fail:

Apple’s Desktops to Disappear Eventually?

Posted by Editor on Jan 25, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

The Appleblog offers up an interesting op-ed piece today regarding the future of desktop Macs as their portable, iPhone, iPod and soon to be tablet computers take a larger and larger share of the pie, literally.

The trend lines are no friend of the Mac desktop. For 2009, seven out of ten Macs sold were laptops, and in 2010 that ratio will likely rise to three out of four. While this may explain the single table of iMacs in the back of my local Apple Store, the question now becomes: is the Mac desktop doomed?

Steve Jobs once described Apple’s business model as an uncomfortable piece of furniture, a three-legged stool. What he was getting at is where the money comes from: Macs, iPods and the iTunes Store, and the iPhone.

Jobs: Tablet “Most Important Thing I’ve Ever Done”

Posted by Editor on Jan 24, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

Little Apple Tablet tidbit here from Crunchbase today:

“This will be the most important thing I’ve ever done” – Steve Jobs, referring to the soon-to-be-launched Apple Tablet.

We haven’t heard this first hand, but we’ve heard it multiple times second and third hand from completely independent sources. Senior Apple execs and friends of Jobs are telling people that he’s about as excited about the upcoming Apple Tablet as he’s ever been. Coming from the man who has created so much, that’s saying something.

If Steve Jobs thinks the iPhone was just a warm up act to this device, I can’t wait to see what it can do. As if our expectations weren’t already set high enough. We’ll all know a lot more this Wednesday.

“This will be the most important thing I’ve ever done” – Steve Jobs, referring to the soon-to-be-launched Apple Tablet.We haven’t heard this first hand, but we’ve heard it multiple times second and third hand from completely independent sources. Senior Apple execs and friends of Jobs are telling people that he’s about as excited about the upcoming Apple Tablet as he’s ever been. Coming from the man who has created so much, that’s saying something.

If Steve Jobs thinks the iPhone was just a warm up act to this device, I can’t wait to see what it can do. As if our expectations weren’t already set high enough. We’ll all know a lot more this Wednesday.

Kindle for iPhone – Gives Books and The Real Kindle a Run For Their Money

Posted by Editor on Jan 21, 2010 in Amazon Kindle, Apple, apps, iPhone, Reviews, Tablets

As we move into the Apple Tablet era I wanted to test drive what the experience might be like so I downloaded the Amazon Kindle for iPhone Reader [FREE AppStore] from the iTunes Store. Kindle for iPhone is meant as a standalone or companion to an Amazon Kindle eBook reader. You can shop for books online using your Amazon.com account, purchase, download and read all in this clever little application.

Kindle for iPhone is a very light download so you’ll be up and running in no time, you just need to enter your Amazon.com account details. Then you are taken into a Safari browser session to pick out books. Couple of nice features, you can download decent sized free samples of any book you’re interested in and if you have a Kindle it will automatically sync up so you have one copy on the Kindle and one for the iPhone. I chose a cookbook about making Japanese food.

More details emerge about iPad tablet

Posted by Editor on Jan 21, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

Some more details emerging today about the Apple iPad/Slate/Tablet.

AppleInsider says according to its sources of all the Apple concept drawings artists have come up with, this one is the closest:

WSJ Makes Apple Tablet Official

Posted by Editor on Jan 21, 2010 in Amazon Kindle, Apple, Tablets

Apparently the Wall Street Journal still has journalistic integrity, i.e. they don’t pass on every last unsourced rumor the web is happy to. So when they write up a deeply detailed description of Apple’s tablet plans to be unveiled on January 27th, we’re supposed to take this as gospel. Right? In a nutshell, what’s in store is massive changes to the ways we interact with textbooks, newspapers, magazines and cable TV. Here’s some highlights:

Apple Will Save Publishing and Redefine eBooks

Posted by Editor on Jan 19, 2010 in Amazon Kindle, Apple, Nook, Tablets

Interesting article by Carly Z over at GearDiary in regards to the Apple Tablet as an ebook reader, which at this point is all but assumed. This piece is asking the question, Apple as a Bookstore: Savior of Reading or Doomsday Scenario?

Personally I have a feeling that it will be much more the former. That Apple will not only make huge strides toward saving traditional publishing but will also school all existing ebook efforts as to how its done. But first here are some of GearDiary’s points:

Apple Event Not Music Focused

Posted by Editor on Jan 19, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

Well it sorta makes sense as the music and later telco industries have been the intensive focus of iPod and iPhone related Apple events respectively for years. This morning All Things Digital reported some rumors on who would be part of the upcoming Apple tablet event. Of note is that music industry types would be low on the radar next to publishers, newspapers, magazines and books- in that order of preference.

HarperCollins in Talks With Apple for Enhanced Ebooks

Posted by Editor on Jan 18, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

According to the Wall Street Journal, leading publisher HarperCollins is in talks with Apple over enhanced ebooks for its tablet.

HarperCollins Publishers is negotiating with Apple Inc. to make electronic books available for the introduction of a new tablet device from Apple, according to people familiar with the situation, posing a challenge to Amazon.com Inc.

HarperCollins is expected to set the prices of the e-books, which would have added features, with Apple taking a percentage of sales. Details haven’t been ironed out. More after the jump.