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Vapourware tablet delayed
ALTHOUGH IT'S STILL pretty much just a rumour, Apple's tablet is unlikely to be released until June.
In the latest twist, and this story is like the queue at a snake chiropractor's office, analyst Shaw Wu from Kaufman Brothers has said that talks with the supply chain led him to the realisation that the unit will not be out until this summer, at the earliest. If, that is, it exists at all.
By now the Itablet looks as likely to happen as Monday turns into Tuesday. What we know is that Apple has set up some sort of event for the 27th January, and that people have been going on about the Itablet since the very idea of tablet PCs first became popular, so surely a tablet will be next on Steve's list. Or so the thinking goes.
Although Wu played it safe by adding that the Itablet - he calls it the Islate - will be some sort of 'super' Ipod, he chucked in a few extra details too. In a research note he said, "This tablet product has been described to us as a hybrid between an Iphone [or] Ipod Touch and a Mac but in terms of software and components, it appears closer to the former, meaning it is most likely ARM based. From our understanding, it is not intended to replace a Mac but be somewhat of a 'super' Ipod Touch where video, gaming, web browsing, e-books and the ability to run multiple apps would be enhanced with the much larger screen."
We don't believe many people thought that it would replace the Mac, and you'll forgive us for not being surprised that it will have a much larger screen than an Ipod Touch. What might be a bit surprising is that Wu reckons that it will cost just under $1,000, which will most likely equate to £1,000 in the UK.
Sounds like a pretty expensive pill to swallow to us. µ
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I am always so amused when I hear residents of Blighty complain that American products cost more in Britain than in the U.S. Evidently, history is either no longer taught in the U.K., or it has been substantially scrubbed! Not more than 150 years ago, you see, there was this small island nation that had conquered a quarter of the world and "administered" it as its own personal Walmart. The English would rape, pillage and plunder the world's commodities and then sell back to the poor benighted subjects of the empire wildly expensive articles of manufacture derived from said virtually stolen commodities. Of course, British citizens didn't actually pay the inflated prices charged to others around the world. But then that wouldn't have been cricket. Anyhow, it seems to me that the shoe is now on the other foot. How does it feel?
I was strongly against netbook--who wants to spend ~$400 on that worthless piece of s***? But in comparison to this iPill, netbooks look wonderful! They can do everything this iPill can (may be not extortion). They will probably have similar battery life. Pay $25/month, and get Clearwire connectivity, and you are all set.
Well, the joojoo is supposed to cost $500. Anything apple sells will have to be more expensive. The iSlate will have a smaller screen but more memory (at least 16GB flash vs. a mere 4GB in the joojoo). I guess $1000 is a likely price without signing a 3g contract to go along with the slate.
An Apple Tablet PC has been available for years to those who really want a mac book in tablet form. http://www.axiotron.com make them.
Who will be the chosen one to go up Black Mountain to receive the first Holy iTablet from The Creator? Perhaps the lucky soul can mountain bike back down the trails to the waiting masses of worshippers, and show them how all wisdom can be obtained from the Tablet using the magical BING, through which speaks loudly the voice of the serpent Ballmer.
But wait a sec...isn't Ballmer a Force of Darkness and conveyor of plagues and illness according to the Holy I'm A Mac show? I am so confused...I may be losing my religion...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountain_%28near_Los_Altos,_California%29
That cannot be right. Who would pay that much for a super sized iPod touch? It would have to have a much better ARM based SoC (like tegra 2 or better) or have a full PC architecture to warrant that price.
Pill to be swallowed? More like a suppository to be......
@ the previous poster - only a shill would call an Iphone or an Itablet an iPhone or iTablet.
Apple hardware has many imperfections, starting with the name. Does no one pay attention in grammar classes anymore? Then again, I'm posting this on the Inq...
Sorry, you've debunked your entire story by calling it the Itablet. Even if that was the name, it would be iTablet.